Re: Synchronising PC clock on the GPS time using GPS receiver

dold_at_Synchronis.usenet.us.com
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:42:02 +0000 (UTC)

John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> My basic point is that the OP could instead use NMEA software that can set the
> PC clock with possible other GPS benefits.

> One such option is GPS Pac 2.2 for Windows, available for free download at
> <http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/idx_automap.html>.

I loaded that one. I see "-PC clock synchronisation (using GPS UTC time)"
in the features list, but I don't see it in the program anywhere.
Is that added if you register, or is it always doing the correction?
$99 to register? That's kind of steep, compared to free for the gpsNMEA
< http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter/idx_nmeaprog.html >
It doesn't do the PC-set, but you can see the GPS time, and make the
time setting yourself ;-) 

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