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Article #54444Re: U.S. Naval Observatory and AtomClock
From: Krzysztof Adamski
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 12:01
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 * 48887 266 115627 UTC * 48887 266 115630 UTC * 48887 266 115631 UTC * 48887 266 115632 UTC Hope this helps. Krzysztof
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,e4b2fe043770734e X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 1020c6,e4b2fe043770734e X-Google-Attributes: gid1020c6,public X-Google-Thread: f4e7e,e4b2fe043770734e X-Google-Attributes: gidf4e7e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-09-22 02:44:24 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!kink!netxsys!Krzysztof From: Krzysztof@netxsys.guild.org (Krzysztof Adamski) Subject: Re: U.S. Naval Observatory and AtomClock Newsgroups: dc.general,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.unix.admin References: <Bus4HE.MJC@visix.com> Distribution: usa Message-ID: <Krzysztof.0bgg@netxsys.guild.org> Date: 22 Sep 92 08:01:37 EDT Organization: NetX Systems Inc. Lines: 38