Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekigm2!marks From: marks@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Mark D. Salzman) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Will WWV/WWVH always be here? Summary: Program to use NIST time service. Keywords: IBM PC TIME Message-ID: <7869@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> Date: 16 Jan 90 18:25:29 GMT References: <7319@chaph.usc.edu> <1990Jan10.175719.8720@haven.umd.edu> <609@shodha.dec.com> Reply-To: marks@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Mark D. Salzman) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Vancouver, WA. Lines: 18 In article <609@shodha.dec.com> ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans Ridder) writes: > >If your not as much of a time freak as Louis, and all you want is to >set the time on your computer, you may be satisfied with the dial-up >time service provided by NIST. The number is 303-494-4774, 300 or >1200 baud. It was rumored that they would be adding a 900 number, but >I've never heard about it. If you have a PC/Clone and a modem that uses the "AT" command set, there is a program on SIMTEL20 that uses this service to automaticly set the time on your PC. The name and location are "PD:NBSTIME.ARC". I just got this and it seems to do the job. It works in about 15 seconds, and can even update the time in the clock hardware of AT class PCs. -- # Mark D. Salzman Phone: (206) 253-5542. # The more complex the mind, # Tektronix Inc., P.O. Box 3500, M/S C1-936 # the greater the need for # Vancouver, Washington. USA 98668 # the simplicity of play. # E-MAIL: marks@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM # James T. Kirk