Re: Accuracy of archie clock/Demon's clock

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From: Gareth Boden
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 23:40

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In article <19950320.191720.78@cray-3.xs4all.nl>,
Maurice Hendrix <mhe@cray-3.xs4all.nl> wrote:
>Once upon a time Ian Rawlings (ian@daffodif.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>
>>Does anyone out there know the accuracy of the archie real-time clock?
>>Or the net clock at Demon? One of us is dropping/gaining time quickly..
>>
>>Ian
>>
>
>Compare them with BBC's CEEFAX time. Their clock is tied to an atomic clock
>and should be extremely accurate. (AFAIK)

Hmmm.. why on 31 December/1 January does it always jump about 10 seconds
at midnight then?

Yes yes, so I'm sad, so I bring in the new year watching the Ceefax clock...



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