[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-04-20 23:11, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote 2012-04-20 21:35:
>
>>
>> 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. :-)

Indeed. But at the same time, no VAX have ever had core memory. But the 
mindset carried over from the PDP-11 to the VAX.

I wonder - does VMS have code to handle a restart, or will it go and 
reboot itself anyway?

	Johnny

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