Comment on Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
ApeNo1@lemm.ee 5 months agoIn Australia there was a toll free number you could dial that was a recorded person reading out the time 24/7. That voice is forever etched in my mind.
“At the third stroke, it will be 7:35 and 15 seconds" beep, beep, beep
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Same in the UK, the speaking clock on (it had various numbers over the years but the most memorable was) 123.