Re: Internet time services/clock utility
Jim Varney (jvarney@mail2.quiknet.com)
Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:28:25 -0700
>>On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Jim Varney wrote:
>> I have written a small program for Windows 3.1 and up called TIMESIG.EXE.
>> It is designed to simulate a radio or telephone time signal facility by
>> issuing a 50 millisecond-long "tick" sound every second and a 100 mSec
>> beep every minute. There is a also a digital display of the time.
>
>Sound very interesting. Can we have this in DOS also, please?
I'd love to... but the compiler I'm using is the opposite of a housekeeper:
it only does windows :)
You're not missing much, just a clock that makes ticking noises. Jeff
Hunt's posts leads you to the heart of the matter, which is SNTP
software to synchronize your PC clock.
Also at the links Jeff provided you'll find Unix SNTP clients, for those
Unix types out there.
-- Jim
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