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http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/ ..."happy chiming" -dave mills > > Where is Dave Mills page? > > On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Bill Manning wrote: > > > > > This from Dave Mills pages on public NTP servers: > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > y2k-test.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov (132.163.135.136) > > Location: NIST Boulder Laboratories, Boulder, Colorado > > Synchronization: ACTS dial-up using modified lockclock algorithm, DEC Alpha/UNIX > > Service Area: All areas > > Access Policy: Open access. > > This server will transmit time packets that are fast by exactly 2 years (63158400 seconds). It is intended to help users test the y2k > > performance of their systems. The advance is set so that the year is 2 years in the future but the remainder of the time is correct. Thus the > > message transmitted at any time on 1 November 1998 will have a time corresponding the same time of day on 1 November 2000, etc. It will > > operate from Mid-October 1998 through the end of 1999. Contact: Judah Levine ([email protected]) 303 492 7785 > > Note: This system is intended for test purposes only and it should be used with care. Although NTP itself should not have a problem handling > > dates in the year 2000, many host operating systems cannot do so, and system crashes or data corruption are possible if the date is set using > > this test facility. > > -- --bill
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