This information may be a bit dated by now, but
over the weekend I did some searching on the
Internet and found the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) web page for
their Automated Computer Time Service (ACTS).
The URL is:
http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/acts.htm
On the web page is a link to an ftp site that has
two DOS programs for setting a PC's clock. One
of them, NISTIME.EXE, I never could get to work
with my modem. However, the other, PCTIME.EXE,
worked like a charm the first time I used it.
Both of these programs are free, and source code
(in C) is available for NISTIME.
Leslie Houk
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:41:42 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
> Pete,
>
> www.RighTime.com
>
> The current version listed is 7.21. I'm using
6.0something and
> have no complaints --- I downloaded it from
Compuserve in 1991!!!
>
> Pete Randolph wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 23:03:25 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
>>
>>> Pete,
>>>
>>> I set my dos/cmos clock once a month thru a
"timeset" program
>>> that dials the Naval Observatory and resets my
clock. First
>>> Saturday of every month, I call the Boulder, CO
office of the
>>> NO. Rarely, in a month, will my clock(s) be off by
2 minutes.
>>> (And on my 586/133 that I got in 1991, I still have
the original
>>> 4.5v alkaline battery.) Connection to the Naval
Observatory and
>>> resetting the clock usually takes less than 30
seconds. The
>>> program checks for date, daylight savings time, and
records the
>>> original DOS time and the NO time.
>>
>> Cool! URL for D/L?<<
