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From: gavron@vesta.sunquest.com (Ehud Gavron)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: Re: A poor man's WWV receiver (via modem)
Keywords: internet, WWV, time
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Date: 7 Nov 90 22:40:04 GMT
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In article <1632@kluge.fiu.edu>, mackey@scs.fiu.edu writes...
#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?

	How about running ntp?

	;-) :-) ;-) :-)

	Ehud

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