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From: Mills@udel.edu
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Subject: Re:  Network Temperature Protocol
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Date: 22 Jul 90 13:09:10 GMT
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jon,

You don't need the bimetallic strip, just use the frequency-compensation
variable maintained by the Network Termperature Protocol. Of course, you
will need to calibrate your individual workstation quartz oscillator
against temperature, which you should insist be included in the specifications
of the workstation. With the local-clock model defined in N Time P Version 3,
the coefficient of temperature shoulc be in the order of 2500 per degree C.
Dennis Ferguson has already calibrated his workstation, which apparently is
not environmentally controlled. That gives you Ontario. You will need other
volunteers who agree to chime NTP and operate their workstation in ambient
environmental conditions.

We should expect objections and very little data from McMurdo Station. Heck,
you can expect objections from Delaware.

Dave