[Info-vax] MACHINECHK on my XP900...

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

R.A.Omond wrote 2011-02-13 17:56:
> On 13/02/2011 16:48, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> [...snip...]
>>
>> The temp can be read from within VMS, and it gives another value:
>>
>> $ temp = f$getsyi("temperature_vector")
>> $ sh sym temp
>> TEMP = "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF38"
>> $
>>
>> The last two chars is the temp in degC, 38 is a rather
>> sensible value.
>>
>> I made a quick shutdown to re-check the value in console mode
>> and it still says "Current ambient temperature is 56 degrees C".
>>
>> Weird...
>
> Nope, not weird. The 38 above is hex, and is 56 degrees (decimal).
>
> But you probably figured that out by now ;-)
>

Ah, right ! :-)
Shows 3D right now which of course can't be decimal.
61 degC in other words, and it seems to be the same
as the console reports.

And no, I never thought about hex... :-)