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From: dlnash@ut-emx.uucp (Donald L. Nash)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: Re: VMS and ntp: can one get anything but step adjustments?
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Date: 30 Oct 90 17:52:41 GMT
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In article <9010301232.AA07802@thdsun.EPM.ORNL.GOV>, dunigan@THDSUN.EPM.ORNL.GOV (Tom Dunigan 576-2522) writes:
> Observing the TGV implementation of NTP on our VMS systems shows
> constant drift, and then step adjustments, followed by drift ....
> any hope for vms ?

What do you have your set-threshold set to?  TGV's implementation will
slew the clock by 10% to make adjustments smaller than the value of
set-threshold (in seconds).  For larger adjustments, it uses step
adjustments.

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