20 Oct
1998
20 Oct
'98
4:50 a.m.
And of course there's a VMS sysgen parameter whose
unit of measurement is
the micro-fortnight. Any VMS systems types out there remember what the
parameter is, and how long a micro-fortnight is :-)
Why do you have to remember when you have VMS HELP available? :-)
(TIMAXP)$: MCR SYSGEN
SYSGEN> SHOW PARAM *TIME*
Parameter Name Current Default Min. Max. Unit Dynamic
-------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- -------
TIMEPROMPTWAIT 65535 -1 0 -1 uFortnight
SYSGEN> HELP PARAM TIMEPROMPTWAIT
TIMEPROMPTWAIT
TIMEPROMPTWAIT defines the number of seconds that you want a
VAX processor to wait for the time and date to be entered when
a system boot occurs, if the processor's time-of-year clock does
not contain a valid time. (The time unit of micro-fortnights
is approximated as seconds in the implementation.) If the
time specified by TIMEPROMPTWAIT elapses, the system continues
the boot operation, and the date and time are set to the last
recorded time that the system booted. For a VAX-11/730 processor,
which does not have a battery backup clock, the system time must
be supplied following a power failure.
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