Pete,
There are several different programs in the FTP
directory. If you download the README.TXT file,
it says:
"If you are going to run the program in a
Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 environment then
you should use program winacts.exe. The
corresponding program for a 32-bit
environment (the later versions of Win 95,
Windows 98 and Win NT) is
winacts-32bit.exe. Both of these programs
are ready to run as is...
If you are going to run the program in DOS
on an IBM-PC (or compatible machine), then
you should copy files nistimed.exe,
nistimeb.exe and makcfg.exe to the target
directory on your PC...
Program PCTIME is a second program that
can be used to get the time from the ACTS
system in a DOS environment. It will
display time information in several
formats, including the current time in all
of the US time zones and in many major US
cities. To use the program, copy file
pctime.exe in binary/image mode and start
the program by typing the command pctime
<return>...
Although both PCTIME and NISTIMED/B are
designed to work in a pure DOS
environment, they may work in a DOS shell
of Windows or another operating system
(such as OS/2). This mode of operation
does not work in all configurations, and
you should run them in "pure" DOS if
possible..."
I was able to get both NISTIMEB.EXE and PCTIME.EXE
to run on my pure-DOS PC (although the former
wouldn't talk to my modem).
Hope this helps,
Leslie
On: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 03:05:19 -0500, "Pete"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:11:54 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> THX Leslie! However, I gather from the page that
> their progs require W32 ;-) Speaking of Windows
> time set progs, I used to have great success with
> AtomTime. It uses the internet, not a long
> distance 'phone call. Having a hard time
> believing that there's no DOS equivalent, still
> looking.
