[ntp:questions] Meinberg is raffling off PCI Express clocks for participation in the NTP Pool
Ron Frazier (NTP)
timekeepingntplist at techstarship.com
Fri Jul 13 12:46:55 UTC 2012
DaveB <g8kbv at uko2.co.uk> wrote:
>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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Hi Dave,
Good job running things that long. I have a 2002 laptop (with failed hinges) still running xp. Considering retiring it. Just watch out for old expiring cmos batteries. I like to run spinrite on my hdd's 2 - 3 times per year to keep them humming along.
Sincerely,
Ron
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