Subj : Remote - Local Time synchro
To   : Gerald Miller
From : Renato Zambon
Date : Tue Jul 30 2002 10:01 pm

 GM> I was on Inet using Win3.11 via the modem (read: SLOOOOW...), but
 GM> that was many years ago...   8-)

I started using internet at 1200bps, shell account at university (text
mode, a vt-100 terminal getting unix prompt for remote use)  :-o

 GM> That's a good start....  Not being very experienced with W98, I
 GM> have to ask if there is a technique by which you can save a
 GM> screen image to the clipboard &/or file?  Converting an "art"
 GM> file to an ASCII text file may be problematic..

Both are ok, I can capture the screen as image (with print-screen),
or only the text (marking it) to the clipboard. Doesn't matter if
the source and receiver are DOS or Windows programs.

 GM> Not being familiar with any time servers.....  Are they
 GM> graphical, text, or audio signal format?  When you are on the

I don't know, only used the "shell" softwares that connect to these
servers and get data in a mysterious way  :-)

 GM> How (software wise) are you tossing your mail on the Internet?
 GM> I'm sure that a program such as IRex, would provide you with log

TransX (for email/ftp links) and BinkD (binkp links). But I don't
rely on their times, if some source is to be used, needs to be one
of these "atomic clocks" servers. As I've seen, my own PC advance
or retard from them some seconds per week.

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