Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 09:09:05 -0700 (MST) From: Les Biffle <les@safety.net> To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> Cc: Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPS time. Message-ID: <200203301609.g2UG95A15097@ns3.safety.net> In-Reply-To: <20020330142859.GA19243@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
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> In a message written on Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 06:04:11PM -0600, Paul Halliday wrote: > > I just connected my gps (garmin gps III plus) to my serial port > > and realized that simply cat'ing cua0 displays date/time/position of the > > unit. (neato). Anyway, how accurate would it be to use the time from this > > output for ntp as opposed to my current setup using ntp servers. > > Your NTP servers are better. If you want to buy an appropriate GPS for this, you may wish to check the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio site (www.tapr.org) and look at the Motorola Oncore UT+ board. For around $200 you can have a stratum 1 quality time reference. Regards, -Les -- Les Biffle (480) 585-4099 les@safety.net http://www.les.safety.net/ Network Safety Corp., 5831 E. Dynamite Blvd., Cave Creek, AZ 85331 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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