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ClockCard
Real Time Clock on a PC Card

Beagle Software's ClockCard is an accurate, temperature stable real time clock complete on a PC card.

Use ClockCard to dramatically improve the accuracy of your computer's clock. The ClockCard is real time clock for PCs based on a highly stable oscillator circuit complete with lithium battery power.

The ClockCard will maintain time on your PC to 15 seconds/month error. If your computer is operating in a temperature stable environment, error will be less than 5 seconds/month. Standard time synchronization can be done using ClockWatch.

With ClockCard and ClockWatch installed together you can use a two tiered approach in maintaining the correct time:

· ClockWatch makes periodic checks over the Internet to verify that the computer's clock is correct. If a time change is necessary it sets both the operating system and the ClockCard clocks. This method is the most accurate but involves communicating with external timeservers.

· ClockCard maintains the correct time. ClockWatch checks periodically to update the operating system with the time from ClockCard. While not as accurate as the external synchronization, it can be done as often as necessary in Windows 95, 98 or Me environments.

· Combining both gives a 2 level time keeping solution: For example ClockWatch can check ClockCard every 10 minutes and does an external time check to the atomic clock once a day.

ClockCard is available (ISA slot only) from Beagle Software.