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

DaveB g8kbv at uko2.co.uk
Fri Jul 13 11:41:28 UTC 2012


In article <slrnjvvp7u.pc3.nomail at xs8.xs4all.nl>, nomail at example.com 
says...
> 
> DaveB <g8kbv at uko2.co.uk> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Well, you must have some pretty old or at least oldfashioned systems.
> 
> When I bought my current system in 2007 it was already hard to get
> a modern MB that still had old PCI slots on it, and it has several
> PCI Express slots.

:-)

Old fassioned maybe, but it still works and is reliable.

Some of my own kit, is nearly 20 years old.  Most machines still have 
the original hard drives too, all working well, powered up 24/7, doing 
all sorts of odd things, such as NTP, or local file or media serving, 
via Linux or BSD.  (With the addition of external hard drives.  Though 
some of them don't last long these days.)  Also some signal monitoring 
and analasis via soundcard.

I've had much newer "Better" kit at work that has died a terminal death 
after only a couple of years light use.  They just don't make stuff like 
they used to.

This laptop is getting on for 8 years old now, and has been rebuilt a 
couple of times, using parts (including a main board) from machines cast 
off by others.  It doesnt get an easy life either, but is starting to 
show it's age what with the rebuilt lid hinges etc.  (I have another 
parts mule with good hinges waiting.)

I just like stuff that works, and keeps on working.

Regards.

Dave B.



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