Tardis 
for Windows NT

Version 1.0
17 September, 1994


Tardis is a Windows NT service that synchronises your machine’s clock to another server’s.  A typical use would be to synchronise the clocks in a LAN environment correcting them once an hour.  Another would be to periodically contact a site with the ‘correct’ time across the Internet. 

The Tardis Server for Windows NT implements   RFC 868 (TCP only, no UDP).  It runs as a Windows NT "service", just like the FTP Server which comes with Windows NT.    It acts as both a RFC868 server and client.

I.e. It can get the time from a timeserver with the ‘correct’ time and then make the ‘correct’ time available to local clients.

Tardis for NT running on a central server can be used as a master time source for the domain by running the Windows 3.11 version of Tardis on the other workstations of the domain and specifying the NT machine as the server.  Multiple NT machines can also be synchronised to a master too of course.

I would like to thank EMWAC for showing how to produce a nice manual. 

I would also like to thanks the people who have helped me with the testing and suggestions.  Particularly the two Dans,  Dan Peterson, and Dan Shearer who have provided support and kind words.