In a recent note, Rick Fochtman said: > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:07:59 -0600 > > Step 1: Buy the PC interface card from IBM, with the interlink cable and > related software for the PC. > > Step 2: Install same in PC to be used as interface. Connect interlink > cable(S) between PC and 9037-002 boxes as indicated in documentation. > > Step 3: Connect 9600B (or faster) modem to PC with appropriate cable. > Also connect modem to telephone line. > Time was when ACTS counseled against using such a high speed modem because buffering and DSP introduce unpredictable latencies. Simpler is Better. At that time, they also documented that the OTM was correct at the center of (I forget which) bit in the OTM character. I no longer see such text in the ACTS doc. Perhaps it remains in the help text that ACTS supplies on command.
> Step 4: Activate Sysplex Timer application on PC and follow on-screen > instructions. Have the phone number handy for your external time source. > I used ACTS, the Automated Computer Time Service from the National > Institute of Standards and Technology, in Boulder, Colorado. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
