Subject: Re: date and time
To: Miles Nordin <carton@Ivy.NET>
From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/01/2000 21:42:27
> mac68k skips Step 3, because the Unix clock is inaccurate, usually loses
> time rapidly on that architecture.  It ``does not trust itself'' to know
> what time it is better than the battery clock already does.  Thus, NetBSD
> will never update the battery clock on a mac68k.

I just have to ask...

Why hasn't someone hacked up something that reads the battery clock every
hour and syncs the Unix clock to it?

Or does everyone use xntp instead?

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com