Hal Murray wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>>> Most systems use the 32 KHz battery backed TOY (Time-of-Year) clock
>>> for timekeeping rather than the CPU crystal.
>
>> Wrong, few systems do. Most systems use the 32.768 kHz xtal to run
>> their battery-backed Real Time Clock, but this is only
Hal Murray wrote:
>>> This is good because it's generally farther from the heat
>>> generating CPU than the CPU crystal.
>
>> This has no hold in reality.
>
> It's not what I was expecting. Several years ago, I was trying to match the
> temperature of the crystal with the observed drift. The
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>>Most systems use the 32 KHz battery backed TOY (Time-of-Year) clock
>> for timekeeping rather than the CPU crystal.
> Wrong, few systems do. Most systems use the 32.768 kHz xtal to run
> their battery-backed Real Time Clock, but this is only consulted on
> boot to get
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nero Imhard writes:
>On 28 jan , at 10:54, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
>> A Soekris NET4501, a bit of work with a soldering iron, an OCXO possibly
>> with a PLL to generate something roughly 33MHz and a GPS receiver
>> will get you about as good a NTP server as money
Allen Coates said the following on 01/27/2006 10:11 PM:
> I am trying to select a host machine for a dedicated NTP server. I have
> several spare PCs to hand, with processor speeds around 500 MHz - all my
> budget will allow for the moment.
>
> Initial experiments have been with Fedora core 4 a
On 28 jan , at 10:54, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> A Soekris NET4501, a bit of work with a soldering iron, an OCXO possibly
> with a PLL to generate something roughly 33MHz and a GPS receiver
> will get you about as good a NTP server as money can buy and at a
> rock bottom price.
I am currently bu
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hal Murr
ay writes:
>
>> I am trying to select a host machine for a dedicated NTP server. I
>> have several spare PCs to hand, with processor speeds around 500 MHz
>> - all my budget will allow for the moment.
>
>You will probably get more/better responses from c
> I am trying to select a host machine for a dedicated NTP server. I
> have several spare PCs to hand, with processor speeds around 500 MHz
> - all my budget will allow for the moment.
You will probably get more/better responses from comp.protocols.time.ntp on
usenet.
My 2 cents...
There a
Allen Coates wrote:
> I am trying to select a host machine for a dedicated NTP server. I have
> several spare PCs to hand, with processor speeds around 500 MHz - all my
> budget will allow for the moment.
>
> Initial experiments have been with Fedora core 4 and the "standard issue" NTP
> daemo
I am trying to select a host machine for a dedicated NTP server. I have
several spare PCs to hand, with processor speeds around 500 MHz - all my
budget will allow for the moment.
Initial experiments have been with Fedora core 4 and the "standard issue" NTP
daemon. I set the PCs up as a gro
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