[ntp:questions] Meinberg is raffling off PCI Express clocks for participation in the NTP Pool

DaveB g8kbv at uko2.co.uk
Fri Jul 13 08:47:11 UTC 2012


In article <slrnjvvn3u.l3l.nomail at xs8.xs4all.nl>, nomail at example.com 
says...
> 
> DaveB <g8kbv at uko2.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <11kih2bsdn96l.1sgf7xcdw4aak.dlg at 40tude.net>, m-
> > a.alpers at web.de says...
> >> 
> >> Hello!
> >> 
> >> Is that known?
> >> http://www.meinberg.de/english/info/pc-clocks-for-ntp-pool.htm
> >
> > Hmmmm....
> >
> > PCI Express cards.  
> >
> > Not much use for many then.
> >
> > Dave B.
> 
> Why not?

Only ever seen one desktop with such a slot.  A Dell a couple of years 
ago, that had (we suspect) tin whisker issues.  Went for scrap in the 
end, less than 6 months old.

Even the few Win7 desktop's at work, have straight PCI slots, not the 
express types, the rest are all laptops.

Regards.

Dave B.  (Not always a fan of the latest/greatest, as you might gather!)



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