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Re: PC-bus time cards

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From: Mills
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:17
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Philip,

Try Bancomm Division of Datum, Inc. Their address is in the clock.txt file in
the usual place. They were alleged to be working on such a beast, but I'm
sure it will not be cheap.

Austron makes LORAN-C timing receivers, but they cost $20K up. Cheapest thing
known to me for submillisecond time is the Motorola MX4200, for which there
is even an xntp3 driver. There are conflicting reports on its price, which
I thought was in the $3K range. This is a GPS receiver.

The most stable time I know, and this includes GPS, comes from a LORAN-C
timing receiver, at least as long as the GPS wiggle machine is running, which
is probably forever. I have built a couple of these things, which amount
to a plug-in PC card and fancy control program. While the latest version is
not real hard to duplicate and I do have etched PC boards, I don't recommend
it unless there is some local talent for radio construction and alignment.

Dave
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Subject: Re:  PC-bus time cards
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