PORTIBM PC Portable (uses same BIOS as XT) 0044-0047 - Microchannel - PROGRAMMABLE INTERVAL TIMER 2 SeeAlso: PORTIBM PC Portable (uses same BIOS as XT) 0040h,PORTIBM PC Portable (uses same BIOS as XT) 0048h 0044 RW PIT counter 3 (PS/2IBM PS/2, any model) used as fail-safe timer. generates an NMIsee Non-Maskable Interrupt on time out. for user generated NMIsee Non-Maskable Interrupt see at 0462. 0047 -W PIT control word register counter 3 (PS/2IBM PS/2, any model, EISA(Enhanced Industry-Standard Architecture) A 32-bit superset of the IBMInternational Busiuness Machines ATIBM PC AT's expansion bus (which is now known as the ISA or Industry-Standard Architecture bus).) bit 7-6 = 00 counter 3 select = 01 reserved = 10 reserved = 11 reserved bit 5-4 = 00 counter latch command counter 3 = 01 read/write counter bits 0-7 only = 1x reserved bit 3-0 = 00