Re: bizarro pmax clock handling

"Michael L. Hitch" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.pmax
Message-ID <Pine.ULT.4.44.0609171003210.14965-100000@lightning.msu.montana.edu> 
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			[email protected]
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA
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