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Originally Posted by HarryT
That, however, would presumably involve writing some syncing software that runs on the PC end of the connection, and that then opens the whole "can of worms" about which operating systems are supported, etc.
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Just thinking out loud...
Being a Linux device, the Cybook could load a driver that uses its own USB port as a NIC. Could it then sync the time directly via NTP, using the attached computer's internet connection? Is this possible without needing to load software on the host computer?
If this is not possible, then the Cybook could still use NTP to sync with the host computer. Linux (and I think Mac) already come with NTP server software (it may need to be enabled). For Windows, there are several free NTP server packages and at least one Open Source one that I know of.
Of course, the easy, low-tech way is to allow the user to manually set the time on the Cybook. Depending on how bad the internal clock is, this may be enough for most users. I'd prefer some form of time syncing, myself.