YATS32 is yet another program that is shareware and pings
NIST and US Naval Observatory
Try looking for it on TUCOWS
You can set the time to ping the sites at startup or an interval to your
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Mike Elliott
KQ0B
Jim Reid wrote:
> At 04:50 PM 4/25/98 +0000, Malcolm Clark wrote:
>
> >Over the last few weeks I've noticed a lot of us have PC clocks that are
> >none too accurate. Often a reply has an earlier date/time than the
> >original message. So I thought I'd pass on the skinny about a really
> >neat piece of software for Windows 95/NT called Dimension 4.
> >
>
> Aloha, But there is an even better and more accurate one, which
> is also FREE! It "pings" the connection between you and NIST or
> the Naval Observatory, adjusts the incoming signal depending
> upon the measured path delay, and can set your computer
> clock to within a few msec. Dimension 4 does not compensate
> for Internet connection route delays, and is at best accurate to
> around a half second or so; just in case you want real
> accuracy, you can have it.
>
> To set your computer clock to NIST, almost exactly, download the
> free program from:
>
> http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/index.html
>
> This program will set your computer clock with extreme accuracy.
> If the NIST site is busy when you happen to try, this program
> switches automatically to the US Naval Observatory clock and
> does the same process!
>
> So far as I know, this "careware" program (for a definition of same,
> see the site above) is the only program with "ping" compensation;
> Atomic clock, Dimension 4, etc all can at best get you within
> 500 msec or so, sometimes not that good because of the randomness
> of the path which the Internet will provide between you and NIST.
>
> Have fun!
>
> 73, Jim, KH7M
>
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