[Info-vax] Openvms AXP clock problem

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 10/14/16 6:51 PM, Sandro Altamura wrote:
> Il giorno sabato 15 ottobre 2016 00:20:53 UTC+2, VAXman- ha scritto:
>> In article <5646ca36-52ea-45d6-881e-99eec4479ef2 at googlegroups.com>, Sandro Altamura writes:
>>> Dear All,
>>> I have a strange problem with my DEC 2000 axp running openvms 6.2
>>> The system boots fine and works fine. The problem comes when I shutdown the=
>>> system. If I keep it off for 30 minutes and I boot it again the system tim=
>>> e is 30 min delayed. In other words instead of following the hardware clock=
>>> the VMS  is continuing with the time of the last shutdown.
>>> I imagine that there is a parameter in sysgen or similar that should tell t=
>>> he VMS to follow the hardware clock but I could not find it.
>>> I also looked online but the only problems reported where about the contino=
>>> us request of date and time at boot (this doesn't apply to my issue)
>>> Thanks for your help
>>> Best,
>>> Sandro
>>
>> Buy a good watch or, hell, even a modest watch.
>>
>> Issue: $ SET TIME=dd-mmm-yyyy:hh:mm:ss.cc [*]
>
>
> I was thinking about a cesium atomic watch but it would not solve
 > the problem to have to manually enter the correct time at every boot.

Buy a cheap GPS receiver with a serial connector (any old Delorme will 
do, I have several myself.  Easily found for a couple bucks on ebay)
and write a quickie to read it and set the time at boot.  I have done
this on Unix, PDP-11's, OS-9 CP/M.  Works like a charm.

bill