[Info-vax] DCL "READ/TIME_OUT=n" from terminal; timer resets if message written to screen

[Dave Froble]

On 5/22/2021 11:18 AM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 5/22/2021 11:11 AM, Scott Snadow wrote:
>
>> VSI, if you're reading this, a documentation enhancement request: Please
>> mention this in the DCL Manual and also in "HELP READ /TIME_OUT" since a
>> casual DCL programmer probably wouldn't be perusing the I/O User's
>> Reference
>> Manual very often!
>
> Noted.
>
> I'll pass it along to the doc team.
>

Ok, the pest is about to possibly show his ignorance.

:-)

All my uses of a timer AST has been with a delta time.  All I've ever 
needed.  But consider:

SUBMIT/AFTER=????

Where ???? is an absolute time.  I'm not aware of a timer AST being able 
to use an absolute time.  Can it?  If not, what can?

Curious, not in need.

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