Re: Timer resolution for sys$setimr() ?

On 2024-12-04, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:

On 12/4/2024 8:37 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

What is the actual resolution of timer events queued using the
sys$setimr() system service ?
 
NOTE: this is about when the timer becomes eligible to fire, not when
it actually does, given that VMS is not a hard RTOS.
 
The base VMS time format is in 100ns units, but I couldn't see anything
about the units actually used when firing timer events. Is it the same
as the hopeless terminal driver timeouts, or is it 100ns, or is it
something in between ?

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IDS VMS Alpha 1.5 (30 years old!) says:
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[snip]

Thanks Arne. I never even thought to check the I&DS as this was something
I was expecting to find in the normal user documentation.

Simon.

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