Subject: Re: bizarro pmax clock handling
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.org>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 09/17/2006 10:10:39
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Never mind. I found the (bizarro!) answer. Apparently pmax PROM resets
> the date if it is not 1972 or 1973. WTF were they thinking?
My guess would be maybe they were emulating the vax TOY (time of year)
clock?
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Michael L. Hitch mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University Bozeman, MT USA