[Info-vax] boottime in the future

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <jcqst4$uog$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at softjar.se> writes: 

> > I don't understand this. I always understood that VMS took the year from
> > the SYS.EXE image file. The TOY (Time of Year) clock only supplied the
> > time within the year. The SYS.EXE file is updated at shutdown with a SET
> > TIME. At least, this was the case on VAX hardware.
> > A problem with the TOY clock would result in being at most about one
> > year wrong.
> > This is more than one year, so it indicates a problem with the SYS.EXE
> > time. Maybe, this has been corrected later with a SET TIME, so that on
> > subsequent boots the time was correct again.
> 
> So, the obvious first question: Is/was this on a VAX?

No, ALPHA (PWS).