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[TowerTalk] Better PC Timekeeper

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Better PC Timekeeper
From: wf3h@enter.net (bob puharic)
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 17:33:24 +0000

Jan & Del Seay wrote:

> Those of you who have played with the various shareware programs
> for setting your PC clocks, how about dialing up wwv and watching
> the accuracy, then give us a report.
> I've played with several and have only been able to get to within a
> couple of seconds. I suspect the clock setting routine in my PCs may
> take some time to finish.

the 'about time' program at http://www.arachnoid.com corrects for the 'ping'
delay in getting the time from NIST or USNO. as i look at it vs qsx WWV i can
see no measurable difference. in addition, another program i have compares my
computer clock to USNO and can detect no difference.

>


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