At 08:34 PM 4/17/98 -0400, John Penasak wrote:
>System time on my machine lags reference (Boulder)time at an increasing rate.
>About once a week I have to adjust system time. Does the CPU clock rely
>solely on 60HZ?
>While timing for any of my home applications is not critical, I'd certainly
>not want to rely on it.
>Does the fact that I have a PB60 have anything to do with it, or is the
>problem prevalent with many PCs?
>Could an application automatically obtain national time?
>
The RTCs found in many PCs are not all that accurate and some have shown an
excessive amount of drift. The quality varies. An old 386 of mine had a
clock that would lose a minute a day. My current Pentium motherboard's
clock is pretty good, but the last one lost about 15 seconds a day. On the
other hand, my old Packard-Bell 75's clock was dead on. It's hard to predict.

Your best bet is to use one of the applications that allow you to reset
your clock via a time server on the Internet.  My favorite is a program
called Socketwatch, which piggybacks on your internet connection and very
unobtrusively resets your clock whenever you log onto the net.  There are
other apps which do the same, but most require manual intervention.
Socketwatch is automatic. Check it out at http://www.locutuscodeware.com.
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