Timeservers

[Abou27]

Working on the assumption that a number of people are running battery free Amigas, I was wondering what kind of experience people have of timeservers.  I use Genesis and am unsure of wether I just need an IP or whether I require additional software (google comes up with FACTS - any good?)  Most ones I look at on the net require a pee cee download.  Anybody recommend free public Amiga friendly one in UK (not much to ask, eh?!)?

[lorddef]

You need a client that will work with the NTP protocol, a quick aminet search reveals this which looks promising.

:-)

[Matt_H]

I use Atomic.rexx on Aminet (http://us.aminet.net/comm/misc/atomic2_0_7.readme), launched from my Miami Online Event script (I assume Genesis has similar?). It's nicely transparent, and supports DST. Lots of timeservers are included, though I don't know exactly how to account for timezones.

[Abou27]

Thanks guys for the links.  I started off thinking this would be really easy and looked on timeserver websites and bamboozled myself, rather than just looking for Amiga software!  Turns out it is quite easy after all!

[elendil]

Ya, I just use Miami(DX)'s built-in support for timeservers

Who needs a battery anyway?

Sincerely,

-Kenneth Straarup.

PS: Well, I guess I do when my timeserver's running at the local university and tends to 'crash' from time to time. People are always complaining about receiving emails sent on january 1978

[DethKnight]

People are always complaining about receiving emails sent on january 1978

now *that* is funny

[Noster]

Hi

> You need a client that will work with the NTP protocol, a quick aminet search reveals this which looks promising.

No you don't need any additional software if you are using the Genesis TCP/IP stack!
Go into the settings, select the interface and go to the tab labeled "Services". There you can select the checkboxes "Sync clock" and "Save time" and enter the address of your timeserver.
This works fine for me, I have a local Linux server that works as router and timeserver, but this should also work with a timeserver located in the internet.

Noster