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From: Mats Lofkvist <mal@sophocles.algonet.se>
To: imb@scgt.oz.au
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In-reply-to: <199601281401.BAA00989@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> (message from michael
	butler on Mon, 29 Jan 1996 01:01:19 +1100 (EST))
Subject: Re: ntp stuff?
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>  > (I also had to set TIMER_FREQ in my config file to make ntp not lose sync
>  > after a few minutes due to too large drifts.)
>
>  I usually "tweak" it using something like ..
>
>  tickadjflags="-Aq -t 9998"
>
>   .. which renders a clock with this sort of characteristic ..

I was told changing TIMER_FREQ was preferred because changing the tick
would cause jumps in time. (I guessed this is because the time given between
ticks is based on last tick + something using TIMER_FREQ. Correct?)

      _
Mats Lofkvist
mal@algonet.se