info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (03/03/85)
From: callas%milos.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (The tea leaves never lie)
I think the command you want (assuming you are timing from
command level) is SHOW STATUS. It doesn't have to activate an
image, and a quick test on a 780 showed it taking a hair less
than .02 seconds.
Jon