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From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Getting timing from line cycles (was Re: Sidereal Time Clock)
Message-ID: <17660139@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Jan 91 19:12:33 GMT
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Sorry about the last post.  #%$$%@$($^! thing got out to the net quicker
than I could delete it.  Sigh.

Anyway, as has already been mentioned, skipping a beat won't work.  Remember,
a sidereal day is *shorter* than a "real day," so you want the clock to
reach 00:00:00 *sooner* than a "regular" clock; it needs *more* beats per
day to do this.  Adding one "beat" every four minutes, rather than skipping
one, would be the way to go - although I'm taking your word for it on the
four minutes, as I haven't worked out the math myself.


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