Stephen Hoffman<p>One of the lesser-known units of time measurement is the microfortnight.</p><p>The microfortnight unit exists in VAX/VMS because the console hardware clock interrupts used in the VAX-11/730 console measure elapsed time in a unitthat differs from a second. This hardware interrupt frequency choice affects timeouts related to console operations.</p><p>(Note: Once VAX/VMS is booted, things related to timekeeping and timers all work as expected, and seconds are a second in length. But when running the console program, not so much.)</p><p>This also led to the creation of the SD730 Fixed Head Solar Horologue option; a sundial intended to assist with tinekeeping.</p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=76256&cid=6805264" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7</span><span class="invisible">6256&cid=6805264</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/digitalequipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalequipment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vax</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vax11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vax11</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vms</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/openvms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openvms</span></a></p>