Stefan Sczekalla-Waldschmidt wrote:

> Just a view seconds after my previous posting I catched that I may be
> wrong.

  No, only "slightly" wrong.  Your previous version was adequate and
faster as long as you are prepared to compensate the timer count when
you actually read it, by subtracting Counter_low from Counter_high.

  Subject of a previous thread on at least two occasions.

  Register bank selection problems still apply.
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  Cheers,
        Paul B.