From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 26 07:09:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA19929 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:09:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sparks.net (gw.sparks.net [209.222.120.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA19923 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:09:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@sparks.net) Received: from david by sparks.net with smtp (Exim 1.62 #5) id 0zXoGN-0004FL-00; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:08:55 -0500 Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:08:54 -0500 (EST) From: To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Time syncing Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Has anyone used a system on FreeBSD, any version, which could sync the system clock from an external source other than via xntpd/timed? I need to sync to the clock at a cable headend for insertion of digital video programming. For non-relevent reasons I can't just drop a time card with drivers into the NT box doing the actual playback. I *can* get a version of ntp for NT, but would rather have a nice bsd box doing time syncs than pay MS more $$ for another NT license. The specific hardware involved is from W Clark & Associates. My choices are an ISA card (TCR 500) and an RS-232 (TCI 232) box from which you can read the time/date. Once I got the time into a FreeBSD box I could xntpd serve off it. More info available at http://www.masterclock.com. Thanks in advance for any pointers:) --- David Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's *amazing* what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message