[Info-vax] boottime in the future

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-12-21 15:54, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article<jcph4o$nag$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, "Fred Zwarts \(KVI\)"<F.Zwarts at KVI.nl>  writes:
>>
>> I don't understand this. I always understood that VMS took the year from =
>> the=20
>> SYS.EXE image file. The TOY (Time of Year) clock only supplied the time=20
>> within the year. The SYS.EXE file is updated at shutdown with a SET =
>> TIME. At=20
>> least, this was the case on VAX hardware.
>
>     This was true on VAX-11, but I'm not sure it was true on the last
>     VAXen made, as the TOY clock was implemented via a watch chip by
>     about the time the first Alphas and last VAXen were made.
>
>     But even so, someone could have screwed the system time prior to the
>     last shutdown.

Yes.
Thank you. At least someone else is thinking the same way I am. :-)

	Johnny

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