Keep Your Computer Clock Accurate to Within + - .5 Milliseconds
by Paul VE3SY
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I came across a great utility the other day on the Net that will keep your computer clock accurate to within a half a millisecond. AboutTime runs in the background and whenever you are connected to the net will go off to WWV periodically and reset your clock.
As a time client, it will acquire time from the Internet with great accuracy, and it also acts as a server so it can also provide four kinds of time signals to other computers on your local network. AboutTime uses advanced signal-processing techniques to correct for network delays, making high accuracy possible even over a slow modem connection. In a local network with a copy of AboutTime installed on each machine, one can achieve + - 50 millisecond typical synchronization accuracies. AboutTime can be instructed to perform its tasks automatically, at startup or at chosen time intervals. It is a small program that can be run in the background without requiring many resources. AboutTime is fully Y2K compliant and Oh, I almost forgot the other good news, AboutTime is CareWare-- that means no money, now or ever. You just have to care. You can download this neat utility at http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/ submitted by Paul VE3SY Kilowatter Editor
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