[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <jmsje0$kq1$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm
<jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes: 

> > Right.  This is why, in addition to HALT, there are both BOOT and
> > RESTART options at the console.  These control what happens after a
> > power cycle.  HALT stays at the console prompt, BOOT boots and RESTART
> > tries to pick up where it left off, with the assumption that the
> > contents of memory are still good...
> 
> I guess that RESTART is a left-over from the "core" days.
> Core memory keep it's data even without power. :-)

Or RAM with battery-backup, which I think existed on some VAXes.