>    I need to control the timer0 state (running/stopped). is there a
> smarter way than reassigning input to INT (and preventing  INT
> from changing level in hardware) ?

Hi, INT has no connection with Timer0. Timer0 in count mode
is clocked by transistions on RA4 / T0CKI.

But you can make RA4 behave like INT by setting Timer0 to FF
and clocking it to generate a T0 overflow interrupt. Then reload
Timer0 with FF for the next one

(Don't forget RA4 pull-up and pre-scaler assignment)

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