david@llustig.UUCP (12/28/90)
I'm sure Dr. Mills will be happy to speak for ntp's capabilities. The Time
Source clock currently ships with V04.01 firmware. Changes from V03 include a
different display sequence at power-up and reset, a new method for diagnosing
RS-232 port problems, and, perhaps most important for ntp, new error and drift
controls to remove output timebase discontinuities. (No more milli-second time
quakes, I believe.)
Contact Bob Young at Traconex, Inc., 1140 N. Kraemer Blvd., Suite G, Anaheim,
CA 92806, phone +1 714 632 9510, to get a firmware upgrade and a new manual. I
don't know if the error and drift enhancement impacts ntp's ability to use the
Time Source; you should find out if ntp prefers the older firmware, for some
reason. (And please tell me, since I seem to be maintaining the firmware now!)
Poll time: how many readers of this list think responses of mine to questions
like this are of general interest? How many think responses like this should
be by private email? How many think Wesley should have been put out the air-
lock instead of going to the Academy?
David Schachter
voice phone: +1 415 328 7425
internet: david@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us
uucp: ...!{decwrl,mips,sgi}!llustig!davidclarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000) (12/30/90)
From article <9012290929.AA14901@decwrl.dec.com>, by david@llustig.UUCP: > Poll time: how many readers of this list think responses of mine to questions > like this are of general interest? How many think responses like this should > be by private email? How many think Wesley should have been put out the air- > lock instead of going to the Academy? 1.) It's of interest to me, since I have to buy two clocks in the near future. I have a borrowed Spectracom, but the two serial ports and hardware building is a drag. 2.) The fact that a clock manufacturers employee reads this group is of interest. 3.) Wesley should have been sold to the Borg as a source of spare parts. -- Ed Clarke | Artificial insemination is when the farmer does it to acheron!clarke | the cow and not the bull. | - Richard Lederer (Anguished English)