A4k: removed leaking battery. Looking for a way to get actual time from web

[Dandy]

The title already says it:
I'm looking for a way to get the actual time from the web.

The battery in my A4kPPC was starting to leak and so I removed it.

I'm not sure if I should replace it - I'd rather get the time from the web at boot.

Do tools for the Amiga exist to retrieve the time from the web and to set the Amiga internal clock accordingly?

I'm currently dual booting OS 3.9/WarpOS 16.1; BB's I&II and OS 4.0 classic (and Linux and perhaps MorphOS one day).

[MozzerFan]

Yes there are. Look here
On my amiga 4000 I use the program 'Facts'.

Regards,
Lloyd

[Dandy]

MozzerFan wrote:

Yes there are. Look here
On my amiga 4000 I use the program 'Facts'.

Regards,
Lloyd

Looks good.
Thanx for the link.
I'll try it this WE...

[zipper]

Used Facts or Atomic when battery was dead.

[scuzzb494]

Hi

First thing I do with the 4000 is click to the link to the atomic clock to get the time set. Otherwise all my YAM mail has the wrong date :-)

ATOMIC CLOCK

Short:    Amiga Worldwide Atomic Clock Synchronizer V2.0.7
Author:   (John Chufar)
Uploader: (John Chufar)
Type:     comm/misc
Replaces: Atomic2.0.6 (and all previous versions)


Installation:  1 step

1) Execute script "installscript" at command line
   > execute installscript


Requirements:

1) AmiTCP: or Miami TCP - requires TCP: device)
2) AmigaDOS 3.x or greater (env:Locale.prefs file used)
3) ARexx

.....OR FACTS

Short:    NTP clock time synchroniser AutoDST/GUI
Author:   (Chris Young)
Uploader: (Chris Young)
Version:  4.92
Type:     comm/tcp
Requires: Kickstart 2.0+, ARexx (included with WB2.04+)
Url:      http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/facts/

*********************************************
* RELEASE 4.92 IS AN ARCHIVE CHANGE ONLY!   *
* IF YOU ALREADY HAVE RELEASE 4.91 OF FACTS *
* AND DO NOT NEED THE FRENCH DOCUMENTATION  *
* THERE IS NO NEED TO DOWNLOAD THIS ARCHIVE *
*********************************************

FACTS: A GUI-based sntp (network time) client for the Amiga
-----------------------------------------------------------

This program will let you log on to any NTP server, retrieve the current
time and synchronise your Amiga's clock with it.  Supports sntp, time and
daytime protocols on any port number with potential accuracy of up to 20ms.
Lots of features!



..... Well there you go.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com