[COLUG] Way Offtopic: Clocks and Randomness

[Joshua Kramer]

> Basically this is what I'm after, a device that is capable of tracking
> epoch fairly accurately or some method to reset the current epoch in the
> device.

Actually, you might want to look into the 1-Wire things I mentioned in 
off-list e-mail.  They have several different types of 1-Wire interface 
"RealTime" clocks, including one on the TINI module.  They also used to 
have a hardware-based random number generator in the Java iButton but as I 
said that's been discontinued.

http://para.maxim-ic.com/results.mvp?q=rtc&r=0&an_1=Family&av_1=Timekeeping%20%26%20Real-Time%20Clocks&mh_1=1&wt_1=0&an_5=Interface&av_5=1-Wire&tree=master&p=1

No, I'm not a Maxim-IC salesman, I just happen to think their products are 
really cool.

Cheers,
-J