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Subject: Re: A poor man's WWV receiver (via modem)
Keywords: internet, WWV, time
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Date: 7 Nov 90 18:53:33 GMT
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In article <885@ksr.com> turner@ksr.com (James M. Turner) writes:
>Here's a program I wrote to call the Naval Observatory and set the time
>------------------------------ Cut Here ------------------------------
>/* UTCCLOCK.C - Set time from US naval Observatory via modem
>   Copyright (C) 1990, James M. Turner

The program referenced here uses a modem to dial into the USNO.
Does anyone know of a way of doing the same thing via an
internet connection?  Presumably ``rdate'' would work reasonably
well if the connection is fast.  But what is the Naval Obs.'s
internet address?  Is there a better way than rdate?