Here in Western Europe we have what is known as the "DCF-77 transmitter".
This is a radio-transmitter stationed in Germany connected to an atomic
clock that broadcasts the time. Conrad Electronics and presumably others
aswell sell small receivers that can be plugged into a computer's parallel
port. A software packsge can be used to read the time from the DCF-77 clock
and correct the system time. Now, what I would like to know is, if there are
any persons who have some more experience with such a device on Linux. I'm
contemplating on buying such a receiver but would like to know more first.
Is there software available for Linux that allows one to use this device?
Does it work together with a ZIP-drive connected?
Is it feasible to setup a network were the computer with the DCF-77 receiver
serves as a server for the nettime (is that the correct name?) protocol?
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