I concur with Pete's comments. I, too, have a recalcitrant computer that
loses gobs of time. I have installed atomic clock synch V2.6 and it seems
to do a good job keeping me within a second or two of WWV. This is, of
course, only relevant for those using windoze.
On a lighter note, a sign posted on a major NC highway pointing onto a
crossroad saying: "WANTED: ELECTRICITY 2 MILES -->"
73,Gary W2CS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trlog-admin@contesting.com [mailto:trlog-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Pete Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 8:12 AM
> To: Guy Olinger, K2AV; Jim Smith; trlog
> Subject: Re: [TRLog] TRLog and serial ports, 2
>
>
> At 11:42 PM 12/9/02 -0500, Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:
> >Most of the motherboard clocks I have seen keep close enough time
> >while the cpu is powered up. A few of mine keep time within a second a
> >month. Certainly good enough to keep the minute for a weekend.
> >
>
> Two weeks ago I would have agreed. Since then I've seen otherwise in two
> machines running under Win98SE, one with an 800 Athlon, the other with a
> 1700+, both of which will keep very good time for hours and suddenly go
> walkabout, losing (always losing) time on the order of 20 seconds an hour
> or more. I've researched this some on the net -- Microsoft says
> it can be
> caused by third-party software. Translation, "don't bother us". Others
> point to a bug in the OS affected by some audio operations (that doesn't
> seem to be my problem).
>
> Fortunately, my TRLog computer seems to keep pretty good time,
> but it ain't
> necessarily so.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Sometimes a tower is just a tower
>
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