Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: briang@eng.sun.com (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Western Union Time Service Message-ID: <14422@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 6 Nov 90 18:59:16 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 13 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 795, Message 10 of 13 Once upon a time (late 60's) the University of South Carolina opened a new classroom building. In each classroom was a reasonably large electric clock "built into" the wall over a door. As I recall, they said "IBM" on the face. Once a day, at 8am (?), the clocks would "hmmm" and jump to exactly 8am. This sounds like it was after the WUTS era. Does it sould at all familiar? Brian G. Gordon briang@Sun.COM (if you trust exotic mailers) ...!sun!briangordon (if you route it yourself)