NIST Synchronicity
NIST Synchronicity was a
Preferences panel module that would set your NeXTStep
system clock or network time to the nation's official time
by making a modem call to National Institute of Standards
and Technology's cesium clock in Boulder, Colorado.
Synchronicity would slowly speed up or slow down the
computer's time until it matches the actual time, rather
than resetting the computer's clock, which could cause
problems with NFS and other network-based protocols.
NIST Synchronicity offered a NeXTStep interface via the
Preferences application, but its functionality could be
activated via a cron script or the command line. The
software was also able to synchronize the clock to an NTP
time server available through the network.
SmartSoft. Inc.
Alembic Systems Inlemutional
$30 per user
$65 network version
$40 per PA-RISC, Openstep user
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