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FACTS. What is it? Quite simply, the first (and best) GUI-based SNTP clock synchronisation program available for the Amiga. SNTP is a Simple version of the Network Time Protocol, which is used by servers across the Internet to keep time accurate within picoseconds. FACTS logs on to one of these servers, and sets your system time and BattClock to the correct time. It can also adjust your clock automatically when DST comes into effect. And it's FREE. What more could you want? Why did you write it? Because the only time synchronisation programs available either: a) didn't work b) didn't have a GUI c) didn't have many features d) all of the above And they all seemed to use the virtual TCP: device, along with the daytime protcol. This meant that they wouldn't be terribly accurate, wouldn't work with all NTP servers (FreeServe's one, for example, doesn't support daytime) and wouldn't work with all TCP stacks. Also, it seems silly to run two programs (a time synchroniser and a DST program), when the two could easily be combined into one package. FACTS aims to be the most configurable and most compatible SNTP client for the Amiga. It should work with any version of Workbench from 2.04 (even the older 2.0x [v36] releases may be able to run FACTS), with any AmiTCP 4 (bsdsocket.library) compatible TCP/IP stack and with any NTP server, using any service on any port number. I hope. If you have any problems, queries, questions or comments, just ask! |
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