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Re: U.S. Naval Observatory and AtomClock

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From: Krzysztof Adamski
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 12:01
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From article <Bus4HE.MJC@visix.com>, by jim@visix.com (Jim Edwards-Hewitt):
> 
> bheil@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Brian Heil) writes:
>> Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser) writes:
>> > I'm using a version of AtomClock written by Art Steinmetz andthe
>> > docs for it are dated 5/30/89. The phone number the program dials
>> > is 1-202-653-0351. In fact I just used it a couple weeks ago and
>> > the phone number for the US Naval Observatory in DC still answers
>> > at that number (1200 baud) and sends the signals that AtomClock
>> > cues on to reset your Amiga's system clock. 
>> 
> 
>> Can someone fill us in on exactly what gets transmitted by the USNO?  I'd
>> like to take a crack at writing a new version.
> 
> It just sends the current time in ASCII, once a second.  You can just call
> it up with a comm program and see the format it uses.
> 
> 	-- Jim
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jim Edwards-Hewitt      jim@visix.com | Work, work, work.  Work, work, work
> Visix Software Inc.                   | The greatest joy is the joy of duty
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here is a bit of it (~7:55AM EDT):
48887 266 115626 UTC
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48887 266 115627 UTC
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48887 266 115630 UTC
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48887 266 115631 UTC
*
48887 266 115632 UTC

Hope this helps.

Krzysztof
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Subject: Re: U.S. Naval Observatory and AtomClock
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