Wouldn't it be better these days to have TR post itself from the
computer's motherboard clock, which it has access to without internet
or daisy chain? If you have to ignore the computer's clock, as in a
REALLY old cpu which had to have a clock card that needed a tsr to
read it, then let that be set as an option, or tested for.
Since one cannot count on having all the time slices running in a DOS
box, it should re-reference the software clock to the hardware clock
frequently.
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.
Just a suggestion.
73, Guy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Smith" <jimsmith@shaw.ca>
To: "trlog" <trlog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: [TRLog] TRLog and serial ports, 2
> Hi Pete,
>
> Would an internet system clock resetting program such as Dimension 4
> take care of this particular problem?
>
> BTW I'm so tuned into call signs that this is the first time that I
> noticed that we share the same last name!
>
> 73 de Jim Smith VE7FO
>
>
> Pete Smith wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Another thing to pay attention to when running TR is a DOS
window --
> > make sure the system clock is keeping good time. I have
discovered,
> > for example, that with my new Athlon machine under 98SE, switching
a
> > mechanical KVM switch to move keyboard, mouse and monitor to
another
> > computer, and then moving back, will sometimes corrupt the
timekeeping
> > of the OS. This manifests as a loss of time varying from a few
> > seconds an hour to hundreds of seconds an hour. Moreover, the
loss of
> > time continues even after keyboard, mouse and monitor are back on
the
> > affected computer, until you reboot, at which point things are
dead
> > accurate again. Curiously, this does not happen with the
second,
> > slower computer -- it stays right on time.
> >
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> > Sometimes a tower is just a tower
>
>
>
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