First computer with real-time clock?

From: David V. Corbin <dvcorbin_at_optonline.net>
Date: Mon Aug 2 20:45:45 2004

 
Regarding a message that appeared on this thread with the approximate quote:

>> Crysital Oscliattors Quite Bad with a tolerance of 0.01& lead to an error
of over a minute per dat

[sorry I it the delete key too quickly on the message to post the EXACT
text]

1 Day = 86400 seconds * 0.01% [100 ppm] = 8.64 SECONDS per day.

Not good enough for long term time keeping but much better than the previous
poster indicated.

I was involved in the development of som Military systems [1979-1983] that
used a tempe0rature stabilized crystal with 0.5ppm stability. To the best of
my knowledge this was a "state of the art" implementation of automomous time
keeping for 1979.

1.0% = 0.01 = 10000ppm = 864.000 sec/day
0.1% = 0.001 = 1000ppm = 86.400 sec/day
0.01% = 0.0001 = 100ppm = 8.640 sec/day
0.001% = 0.00001 = 10ppm = 864 mS/day
0.0001% = 0.000001 = 1ppm = 86.4 ms/day
0.00001% = 0.000001 = 0.1 ppm = 8.64mS/day
Received on Mon Aug 02 2004 - 20:45:45 BST