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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!emba-news.uvm.edu!sadye.emba.uvm.edu!wollman From: wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) Subject: Re: problems with clock? Message-ID: <1993Mar30.200354.2825@uvm.edu> Sender: news@uvm.edu Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility References: <C4pqxv.2Jq@kithrup.com> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1993 20:03:54 GMT Lines: 20 In article <C4pqxv.2Jq@kithrup.com> sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: >I've noticed that my machine seems to have a lot of problems with >the clock. Namely, it gains (or loses) a *lot* of time, but only >occassionally. I think that this has more to do with the machine you're using than the OS. On my machine (older AT&T 6386E), the clock has been rock-solid, with very reasonably drift; other people have reported much worse clocks. (My machine has been up for little more than one day, and compliance is at 2 right now. If I bothered to reset the CMOS clock, it would probably be better (it starts up about two minutes fast).) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@emba.uvm.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. uvm-gen!wollman | It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people UVM disagrees. | who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant