Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 16:58:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any interest in GPS NTP servers ? (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905191657380.4243-100000@brunte.ispra.webweaving.org> In-Reply-To: <3742BEA6.E01BFF40@softweyr.com>
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On Wed, 19 May 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > 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. ;^) Yes; and just GPRMC. Unfortunately units such as the DeLorme require a special startup string to start; and more specialist units, such as those sold by Trimble have special modes where they concentrate just on the time. But nothing you cannot fix in a three line patch to xntpd. Dw. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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