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- From: rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson)
- Subject: Re: TCP or NTP Time Clients for Mac?
- Message-ID: <rtmd30-251292211536@220.1.50.175>
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- Organization: Motorola
- References: <1992Dec23.092702.11959@bernina.ethz.ch>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 04:29:03 GMT
- Lines: 55
-
- In article <1992Dec23.092702.11959@bernina.ethz.ch>, Raoul Schaffner
- <raoul@inf.eawag.ch> wrote:
- >
- > Hi all!
- >
- > I'm looking for NTP (Network Time Protocol) or TCP Time Clients for the
- > Mac. The main difference between these protocols is accuracy:
- >
- > NTP: plusminus 1 msec
- > TCP: plusminus 1 sec
- >
- > I once installed the VersaTerm Time Client V1.1.3 and hooked it up to our
- > TCP time server (in fact, yesterday). The Time Client was able to
- > establish a connection and to set the Mac's internal clock quite well. But
- > then the seconds started to jump back and forth, which is not so good for
- > programs depending on a clock (like networking applications). I saw this
- > behaviour of the internal clock in the General Controls CP as well as in
- > the VersaTerm Time Client CP. And two networking apps I tested failed:
- >
- > Fetch 2.1 and
- > Mac340 with telnet session.
- >
- >
- > Now I'm looking for other implementations of TCP or better NTP Time
- > Clients for the Mac. Any Ideas?
- >
- > Best regards,
- > Raoul
-
- There's a program called "cron" which is available from Chris Johnson:
-
- Internet: chrisj@emx.cc.utexas.edu
- UUCP: {husc6|uunet}!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!chrisj
- BITNET: chrisj@utxvm.bitnet
- CompuServe: >INTERNET:chrisj@emx.cc.utexas.edu
- AppleLink: chrisj@emx.cc.utexas.edu@internet#
- U.S. Mail: Chris Johnson, 4505-B Avenue H, Austin, TX 78751
-
- Ñ The "tcp time client" command has been added. This command
- will query TCP-based Time Protocol (RFC 868) servers and set
- the Mac's clock accordingly. It will optionally allow for
- the U.S. Daylight Savings Time (DST) convention.
-
- FTP to emx.cc.utexas.edu where the source and binaries are in
- "/pub/gatekeeper".
-
- I've been playing with the package and it's very stable. I'm hoping to find
- time to add some modules to the package for AppleShare admin duties... if I
- can find the time.
-
- Greg Ferguson
- Programmer/Engineer
- Desktop Networking System
- SPS, World Marketing
- Motorola, Inc.
-