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6 real-time clock and non-volatile ram – Acrosser AR-B9612 User Manual

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AR-B9612 User’s Guide
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2.6 REAL-TIME CLOCK AND NON-VOLATILE

RAM

The AR-B9612 contains a real-time clock compartment that
maintains the date and time in addition to storing configuration
information about the computer system. It contains 14 bytes
of clock and registers and 50 bytes of general purpose RAM.
Because of the use of CMOS technology, it consumes very little
power and can be maintained for long period of time using an
internal lithium battery.

Address

Description

00

Seconds

01

Second alarm

02

Minutes

03

Minute alarm

04

Hours

05

Hour alarm

06

Day of week

07

Date of month

08

Month

09

Year

0A

Status register A

0B

Status register B

0C

Status register C

0D

Status register D

0E

Diagnostic status byte

0F

Shutdown status byte

10

Diskette drive type byte, drive A and B

11

Fixed disk type byte, drive C

12

Fixed disk type byte, drive D

13

Reserved

14

Equipment byte

15

Low base memory byte

16

High base memory byte