ECOAPP is an application which enables power saving in
the case that OpenVMS Alpha is running on the vtAlpha
emulator.
In that case the VMS idle loop is forced to call a routine
which will suspend the emulator's execution until the
next interrupt, either from a peripheral or the hardware
interval timer, resulting in energy saving since the CPU
does not have to keep on running when there's no work to do.
If the system on which this application is running does not
support powersaving then an error will be issued when starting
the application.
(Some systems just ignore the power save command and don't
return an error. The modules's presence is harmless in that
case).
Manual activation can be done with the LOAD command.
For more info or issues contact support@avtware.com.
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