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From: edward@TWG.COM ("Edward C. Bennett")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: Re:  NTP and the infamous SPARC clock problem (again)
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Date: 30 Nov 90 17:32:56 GMT
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Rich Wales writes:
>
>I'm also concerned that the clock problems in our SPARCs is creating a
>general impression around our department that NTP is flaky and unproven
>(and that perhaps we should be running something supposedly more "stan-
>dard" like "rdate" or "timed" instead; no smileys here, sad to say).

Is timed able to keep a SPARC's clock in line? Has anyone tried this?
Maybe SPARCs are just beyond all hope...;-)

BTW, what happens on a standalone SPARC? No ntp, no timed, nothing...
how fast do they drift?
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