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Hi I set up a function for the timer interrupt (IRQ 0) and read every time a interrupt occurs the time with:

outportb(0x70, 0x04); // get the current hour
hour = inportb(0x71);

outportb(0x70, 0x02); // get the current minute
min = inportb(0x71);

outportb(0x70, 0x00); // get the current second
sec = inportb(0x71);

I know this is a slow solution but it's only for tests.

If we have for example 18 H the kernel outs 24 H, if we have 23 H it outs 35 H why?? The same thing with the minutes and seconds (not the same numbers i think) the seconds can be for example 62s.

the BIOS clock counts in BCD not binary.

Uhm, because the CMOS is BCD based.

Neo wrote: the BIOS clock counts in BCD not binary.

It is not the BIOS but the CMOS

What does BCD mean and how can I convert it in real time? (Not set the bit for Binary Bit in CMOS Register B)

BCD representation is quite easy to convert to decimal. i not sure but i think this formula of mine is right. IIRC BCD basically uses a nibble for each digit. i.e the decimal no.23 is represented as 0010_0011 binary etc. HTH
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BCD=Binary Coded Decimal.
and i think my explanation was for packed BCD. BCD uses a byte i think for each digit. (again check a number system book to be sure).
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Neo wrote: BCD representation is quite easy to convert to decimal. i not sure but i think this formula of mine is right.

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dec= bcd-((bcd>>4)*6);

IIRC BCD basically uses a nibble for each digit. i.e the decimal no.23 is represented as 0010_0011 binary etc. HTH

I don't have my OS source on this computer, but I think it should work. Now I don't have to get the sources from the other computer

if you have a printf function support HEX then output it as that.

Pete

This is the code i use to convert it: ASHLEY4.

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BCD=Binary Coded Decimal.
and i think my explanation was for packed BCD. BCD uses a byte i think for each digit. (again check a number system book to be sure).
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Depends on whether it is packed or not. Packed BCD stores 2 digits per byte, unpacked only stores 1 in the low nybble.

ASHLEY4 wrote: This is the code i use to convert it:

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 ;----------------------------------------------------;
 ; bcd_to_ASCII         ;converts bcd number to ASCII ;
 ;----------------------------------------------------;
 ;                                                    ;
 ;   Input:                                           ;
 ;         Bcd number in al.                          ;
 ;  Output:                                            ;
 ;         ASCII number in val.                       ;
 ;                                             (100%) ;
 ;....................................................;

bcd_to_ASCII:
       pusha                  ;start of convert
       mov  ah,al            ;copy AL to AH
       and  ax,0f00fh      ;mask bits
       mov  cl,4              ;CL=04 for shift
       shr  ah,cl       ;shift right AH to get unpacked BCD
       or   ax, 3030h       ;combine with 30 to get ASCII
       xchg ah,al            ;swap for ASCII storage convention
       mov  [val],ax         ;store the ASCII value in VAL
       popa

       ret

ASHLEY4.

I have another code with DAA and AAD, but I don't have it now :-[
I'll send it on this forum, when I have a floppy drive in my new computer

DennisCGcs dec= bcd-((bcd>>4)*6); work fine.
But what shoud I do if an timer interrupt occurs? Should I increment a counter? but than i have to convert bcd every time i would get the time.

ich_will wrote: DennisCGcs dec= bcd-((bcd>>4)*6); work fine.

Btw, it was from neo

But what shoud I do if an timer interrupt occurs? Should I increment a counter? but than i have to convert bcd every time i would get the time.

No, in my OS, I call a time_init.
This reads the time from the CMOS, and the time, which has been read, is converted to decimals.
And this initializes the PIT, it will be set that every 1/100 sec a timer interrupt will be called and when the interrupt occured 100 times, a second will be added, and so the clock is updated.

iirc, the time in the CMOS is automagically incremented by some external circuit (the realtime clock)

Pype.Clicker wrote: iirc, the time in the CMOS is automagically incremented by some external circuit (the realtime clock)

But then he have to convert it each time.
Well, it's up to him to choose a method, although my method may be faster, it may be more difficult than Pype's method.