Mike Bell 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
IBM does provide a TOD "steering" capability, although with slightly
different characteristics than those you describe.
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Edward E Jaffe
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