Blxter to [email protected]English • edit-211 months agoInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85arstechnica.commessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1993 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish46•11 months agoI always really liked that NTP uses port 123 which is the same number that you can dial, in the uk, on a analogue, landline phone, to call an automated service that tells you the precise time.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•11 months ago1194 in Australia, it was discontinued in 2019 after 66 years. It’s now on the internet http://1194online.com/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoWas that the one you could use to set callback alarms as well?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoNah that was just the talking clock. The wake up/reminder service was a ‘premium’ service accessible via 1234.
I always really liked that NTP uses port 123 which is the same number that you can dial, in the uk, on a analogue, landline phone, to call an automated service that tells you the precise time.
1194 in Australia, it was discontinued in 2019 after 66 years. It’s now on the internet http://1194online.com/
Was that the one you could use to set callback alarms as well?
Nah that was just the talking clock. The wake up/reminder service was a ‘premium’ service accessible via 1234.
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