Re: [LEAPSECS] Precise time over time

From: Clive D.W. Feather <clive_at_DEMON.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:30:44 +0100

Poul-Henning Kamp said:
> As I said, 50 years seems right, and it does so because there is
> no currently running computer that has worked for 50 years.

Actually, the "programme machines" that control the signalling of much of
the London Underground are somewhat older than that. They run to, IIRC, a
15 second accuracy (I'd have to dig out various technical papers to be
sure).

> In the US I belive something is antique when it is 25 years old,
> in Europe I think it has to be 50 years old to gain the distinction.

100 years.

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