Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 07:37:42 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> Cc: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any interest in GPS NTP servers ? (fwd) Message-ID: <3742BEA6.E01BFF40@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905191037290.2658-100000@kim.ispra.webweaving.org>
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Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
>
> At home I quite happyly use a cheap DeLorme GPS connected to xntpd
> and it just works and works and works :-) I did modify the serial
> output port though; to get a 5v signal on the RI; which the DeLorme
> unit can use instead of its batteries.
>
> But then again; these things both output serial NMEA, no proper
> ethernet; and no easy to use PPS signal unless you solder something.
But NTP does have support for the $GPRMC sentence, right? I've been
using my Garmin GPS-II off and on since I bought it; it was sort of
purchased to play with NTP, then used on my sailboat. Yah, right. ;^)
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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