Re: Network connected/synched Wall Clock

[Alan Shields <alan@xxxxxxx>]

Radio controlled wall clock from the likes of argos etc? - I assume you
just want  it to display current uk time as opposed to some arbitrary time
set on your server.
Alan Shields
alan@xxxxxxx
On Thursday, March 7, 2002, at 06:50  pm, Stuart Booth wrote:

> I've got a couple of wall mounted clocks. Their
> mechanisms 'tick',
> especially so if they have a seconds hand. This 'tick' noise I really
> detest, and I certainly cannot sleep in the same room as one.
>
> But they also go very slightly out of synch with real time too.
>
> I like the way that my VCR and ONdodgy box both get their times
> automatically from Teletext I presume.
>
> Now, my Server has a time synchronising applet that I tell to
> update with an atomic clock over the Internet every now and then.
> My other PCs then synchronise their clocks with my Server.
>
> This set me thinking that wouldn't it be great if I had some kind of
> NON-Ticking wall block that behind the scenes synched with a
> network service running on the Server box.
>
> I don't suppose anybody has seen such a toy?
>
> Stuart
>
> --
> Stuart Booth
> Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
>
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