Making use of a free service provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Synchronicity is a Preferences-panel module that can be set to automatically call the Institute's cesium clock in Bolder, Colorado, and set a NEXTSTEP system clock to the nation's official time. A new feature in version 2.1 causes the program to slowly speed up or slow down the computer's time until it matches the actual time, rather than abruptly resetting the computer's clock (which can cause problems with NFS and other network-based protocols).
NIST Synchronicity is available from SmartSoft, via the Electronic AppWrapper, and on the NEXTSTEP Internet archives, said Alberto Ricart, the company's president. Cost is $30 per user license.
SmartSoft: 414/964-8864; smartsoft@parsec.mixcom.com.