Timer 8253
This
8253 has three channels for timer counters,
equipment uses three channels as the interval timer,
tone oscillator, and baud rate generator respectively.
Its allocation is as follows:
I/O Address
78.6 KHz
u
CO
OUT1
8259A IRO (10 msec in period at initialization)
20 H
Counter 0
ci
OUT1
22H
8259A IR1
Counter 1
C2
OUT2
RS-232C Baud rate (1200 bps at initializatio^^^
24H
Counter 2
8253 Control
26H
1.78977 MHz
5-36