Re: PSA: Clock drift and pkgin

Paul Koning <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.vax
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On Dec 13, 2023, at 4:43 PM, Mouse <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> ...
>> Because if you run a VAX without something like ntp, you will
>> *always* have some drift.
> 
> If you run pretty much _any_ computer without something to keep it
> synced, you will.  It's just a question of whether the hardware is
> precise enough for the drift to be obvious.

Definitely.  But with the unlikely exception of very old (CDC 6600 serial number < 8) or very cheap (minimal RP2040) computers that don't have a crystal clock, the drift should be 0.01% or less. 

	paul
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