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Subject: [WriteLog] time loss
From: w2up@mindspring.com (Barry )
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 10:50:56 -0400
Vern,
Same here. Even if MMTTY isn't running, Writelog slows my 
computer clock. I first noticed this about a year ago. I keep an 
Internet timekeeping program running in the background (About 
Time) and have it set to readjust the clock every 15 minutes.

Interestingly, this only happens on my faster computer, a Dell Pii-
450. On my Gateway P-133 (originally a P-60 with Overdrive chip 
and overclocking), it doesn't happen.

73,
Barry

On 4 Oct 01, at 9:16, w9hly@decaturnet.com wrote:

> 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
> 
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