On Thu, 11 May 2006 14:13:16 -0500 Mike Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>At a previous employer - they designed a external time reference that had :>some special features - It could adjust the speed of the clock to adjust to :>time changes. :>DST coming - run clock double time until you get to an hour ahead. :>fallback - run clock half speed till you match up. :>every so often they would dial out to somewhere to sync but it kept good :>enough time, it didn't happen very often. :>I always wondered why IBM didn't provide equivalent functionality I thought the ETR did that. You tell it to set the clock ahead, it will run the clock fast. You tell it to set the clock back, it will waste cycles. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
