DaveB <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] >says... >> >> DaveB <[email protected]> wrote: >> > In article <[email protected]>, >[email protected] >> > says... >> >> >> >> DaveB <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > In article <[email protected]>, m- >> >> > [email protected] says... >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello! >> >> >> >> >> >> Is that known? >> >> >> http://www.meinberg.de/english/info/pc-clocks-for-ntp-pool.htm >> >> > >> >> > Hmmmm.... >> >> > >> >> > PCI Express cards. >> >> > >> >> > Not much use for many then. >> >> > >> >> > Dave B. >> >> >> >> Why not? >> > >> > Only ever seen one desktop with such a slot. A Dell a couple of >years >> > ago, that had (we suspect) tin whisker issues. Went for scrap in >the >> > end, less than 6 months old. >> > >> > Even the few Win7 desktop's at work, have straight PCI slots, not >the >> > express types, the rest are all laptops. >> >> Well, you must have some pretty old or at least oldfashioned systems. >> >> When I bought my current system in 2007 it was already hard to get >> a modern MB that still had old PCI slots on it, and it has several >> PCI Express slots. > >:-) > >Old fassioned maybe, but it still works and is reliable. > >Some of my own kit, is nearly 20 years old. Most machines still have >the original hard drives too, all working well, powered up 24/7, doing >all sorts of odd things, such as NTP, or local file or media serving, >via Linux or BSD. (With the addition of external hard drives. Though >some of them don't last long these days.) Also some signal monitoring >and analasis via soundcard. > >I've had much newer "Better" kit at work that has died a terminal death > >after only a couple of years light use. They just don't make stuff >like >they used to. > >This laptop is getting on for 8 years old now, and has been rebuilt a >couple of times, using parts (including a main board) from machines >cast >off by others. It doesnt get an easy life either, but is starting to >show it's age what with the rebuilt lid hinges etc. (I have another >parts mule with good hinges waiting.) > >I just like stuff that works, and keeps on working. > >Regards. > >Dave B. > >_______________________________________________ >questions mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions Hi Dave, Good job running things that long. I have a 2002 laptop (with failed hinges) still running xp. Considering retiring it. Just watch out for old expiring cmos batteries. I like to run spinrite on my hdd's 2 - 3 times per year to keep them humming along. Sincerely, Ron -- Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9 Mail. Please excuse my potential brevity. (To whom it may concern. My email address has changed. Replying to former messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will go to the wrong address. Please send all personal correspondence to the new address.) (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, don't be concerned. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy mailing lists and such. I don't always see new email messages very quickly. If you need a reply and haven't heard from me in 1 - 2 weeks, send your message again.) Ron Frazier timekeepingdude AT techstarship.com _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
