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From: psfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: NBS time broadcast
Message-ID: <2096@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 28 Jul 89 04:31:32 GMT
References: <8720@kean.mun.ca>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <8720@kean.mun.ca>, andrew@kean.mun.ca writes:
> I can't really speak for anyone else on the net, but one of the things that I 
> really hate is clocks that are "just a little bit off".  
> 
Several people have mentioned the "dial up" nbs time.  While
this may be a little more expensive (in the long run) than picking
up free radio signals, it is certainly convenient:  All it takes
is a modem and some software.  

I have  my UNIX systems using a program posted to the net a while back
which calls the nbs time every Sunday morning and sets the clock.

I usually find the clock is off by 10-20 seconds over a week and the
phone calls run about 13 cents.

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