[WriteLog] time loss

w9hly@decaturnet.com w9hly@decaturnet.com
Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:16:40 -0500


Just curious, but I am wondering if others have the same problem.

During the past weekends contest (RTTY) I noticed at one time that 
the computer clock was 7 minutes slow. I corrected t it and watched 
it, the best I could, the rest of the contest. About a minute every two 
hours is lost - a rough estimate. This morning, Thursday, I checked 
the computer clock and it is right on. I have used it sparingly since 
Sunday.

The ONLY program running was WriteLog/MMTTY!  No connection 
to the Internet, no prefix checker, no this, no that. Is my particular 
computer at fault or does using the WriteLog/MMTTY combo heavily 
take that many clock pulses from the internal timer?

As I say, just curious.

Vern