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[Amps] Re: [Moon-Net] Looking for GPS-module to keep PC-clock correct.

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Subject: [Amps] Re: [Moon-Net] Looking for GPS-module to keep PC-clock correct.
From: drkirkby@ntlworld.com (Dr. David Kirkby)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:08:58 +0100
> Terry KJ7F wrote:
> 
> >    One solution to the time problem I have not seen mentioned anywhere is
> > Rightime.   The software is available at http://www.rightime.com/.   It is
> > an adaptive correction to your computers internal clock that determines
> > both a warm and cold correction and then keeps the computer time correct
> > all the time.   Once it has learned your PCs correction factors you only
> > need to set the clock once a month to keep it accurate.   This only works
> > is the error drifts slowly but is has worked on every PC I have tried it
> > on.   Set the clock once before you start operating for the night and it
> > will stay on time the entire night without further attention.   It also has
> > problems if you intstall it on a dual boot system (such as Linux and
> > windows) since the correction only works for DOS/Windows operating systems.

I've no idea of the accuracy required here, so its impossible for me to comment,
but if 200 ms is sufficient, then there should be no problem using NTP. Unlike
the software you describe, there is no need ever to make manual adjustments. 



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