I've just cracked 1,000 work units and 20,000 hours, so this would make a good basis for our war effort.

TROOPS, FALL IN!

Cheers!
CC

Current score:

1 eMate 300
1 Apple //e
2 LC IIs
1 LC III
4 LC 475s
6 Quadra 605s
1 Quadra 700
1 Quadra 800
1 PB 520c
2 Powermac 6100s
1 PowerComputing Powerbase 240
1 Wallstreet
and a partridge in a pear tree

Is there an RSA-key@home client for 68k?

A bit'o recompiling and scripting might yield a working system. May not offer the pretty screen saver graphics, but it could turn a battalion of liberated 68ks into valued contributors to the SETI cause. (Hmm.. perhaps JT's warming oven of microquadras could be subverted for SETI use.

g4from128k

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A bit'o recompiling and scripting might yield a working system. May not offer the pretty screen saver graphics, but it could turn a battalion of liberated 68ks into valued contributors to the SETI cause. (Hmm.. perhaps JT's warming oven of microquadras could be subverted for SETI use.

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back again: is there more required for running a 68k appleseed cluster than Launch Den Mother and Launch Puppy?

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i'm so confused! i can't find the links i just looked at and i can't find'em again!

f****t! i'm gonna stick to hardware!

ciao!

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Edited by - g4from128k on 24 May 2002 16:58:12

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back again: is there more required for running a 68k appleseed cluster than Launch Den Mother and Launch Puppy?

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i'm so confused! i can't find the links i just looked at and i can't find'em again!

f****t! i'm gonna stick to hardware!

ciao!

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Unfortunately, yes. You need an application with C or Fortran multiprocessing code written into it (using the MacMPI library, which is a subset of the industry standard API for parallel computing based on message passing) . . . .
As to sticking with hardware, I think I'm with you (although how teeny tiny electrons can pass thru solid metal is a beyond me ) . Parallel and distributed programming can (and has in my case) lead to hair loss.

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Re taking things apart, I have an old camcorder that is scheduled for the chopping block today. I can't wait to delve into the fiddly-bits of tape-transport, zoom lens, and imager. I just need to be careful not scatter screws on the carpet. SAF plummets when the vacuum cleaner inhales screws!!!!

g4from128k

It may not be SETI, but I did find a distributed computation effort that is 68k friendly! http://www.distributed.net/" target="_blank"> http://www.distributed.net/ has clients for just about every OS imaginable (from Acorn to BeOS). 68k clients include MacOS and NetBSD. While I can't vouch for them (story of my life -- have not had time to download/install the stuff) it looks like an active effort.

g4from128k

As far as appleseed clusters go, I have found that i do need compiled apps for parallel computing. Unfortunately, I'm clueless when it comes to software, so I either have to find something already compiled or give up on the appleseed idea.

I think an army of 68k distributed clients would rock. Seti used to support 68k but quit support for them a while ago due to the added changes and more things to compute were added. They removed a couple dozen clients for the reason that they were too slow to do the job. Little do they know....

So, i'm all for getting the artillery running a distributed client of some kind. They're begging for some battle.

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it'd be fun to find something to in house with the BrickOven, maybe one of the old rendering packages? a 10.5" cube renderfarm might be doable?

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PM 8500 OC g3 420mhz (Daisy)
(3) Quadra 950's
Quadra 650
Performa 476
PB 165
Classic
Newton 130

Here's our projected timeline:

May 2002: 68k MLA SETI team founded.
November 2002: Alien life discovered by a recompiled Linux SETI client running on a Quadra 605 under NetBSD, after finally completeing its first workunit.
January 2003: Motorola abandons the PowerPC and returns to the proven 68k architecture.
August 2003: Moto 68099 chip hits 4Ghz.
December 2003: 68k chips overtake Intel's P5 as the world's most widely used processor.
March 2004: Woz elected Secretary General of the UN.

So don't delay. Bring all your firepower, G3s, G4s, even AMDs...in fact anything that'll run the SETI client. Its for a good cause.

Where do I sign up? Oh, step this way

Cheers!
CC

Current score:

1 eMate 300
1 Apple //e
1 Macintosh Portable
2 LC IIs
1 LC III
3 LC 475s
5 Quadra 605s
1 Quadra 700
1 Quadra 800
1 PB 520c
2 Powermac 6100s
1 PowerComputing Powerbase 240
1 Wallstreet
and a partridge in a pear tree

Edited by - bigsadhu on 30 May 2002 02:22:58

Edited by - bigsadhu on 30 May 2002 02:29:43

Edited by - bigsadhu on 30 May 2002 02:36:43

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OK trendsetters, the wheels are in motion and this your chance to get in on the ground floor.

Here's our projected timeline:

May 2002: 68k MLA SETI team founded.
November 2002: Alien life discovered by a recompiled Linux SETI client running on a Quadra 605 under NetBSD, after finally completeing its first workunit.
January 2003: Motorola abandons the PowerPC and returns to the proven 68k architecture.
August 2003: Moto 68099 chip hits 4Ghz.
December 2003: 68k chips overtake Intel's P5 as the world's most widely used processor.
March 2004: Woz elected Secretary General of the UN.

So don't delay. Bring all your firepower, G3s, G4s, even AMDs...in fact anything that'll run the SETI client. Its for a good cause.

Where do I sign up? Oh, step this way

Cheers!
CC

Current score:

1 eMate 300
1 Apple //e
1 Macintosh Portable
2 LC IIs
1 LC III
3 LC 475s
5 Quadra 605s
1 Quadra 700
1 Quadra 800
1 PB 520c
2 Powermac 6100s
1 PowerComputing Powerbase 240
1 Wallstreet
and a partridge in a pear tree

Edited by - bigsadhu on 30 May 2002 02:22:58

Edited by - bigsadhu on 30 May 2002 02:29:43

Edited by - bigsadhu on 30 May 2002 02:36:43

Edited by - bigsadhu on 30 May 2002 02:44:30

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Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6

Now not to disgrace 68k's *shields self with odd casing parts* But i think my dual 800 may help a *lil* bit....

~The Penguin, fleeing for cover!

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Is it just me or have the work units gotten bigger? I used to run it about a year or two ago on my iMac, and I averaged about 18 hours per unit. Now, the first unit is going to take about 25 hours or more, based on how much it has done so far. Is my poor iMac just overloaded?

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jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF

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WHAT THE?!?!?!?!

{ candyPunk }
{ Captain of Observation, 68k MLA }
{ 68k Macs liberated: 3}
{ My baby: Q660av }

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Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6

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WHAT THE?!?!?!?!

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Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 04 Jun 2002 20:48:30

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I meant it in the sense of "what the heck happened?!"

{ candyPunk }
{ Captain of Observation, 68k MLA }
{ 68k Macs liberated: 3}
{ My baby: Q660av }

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1 Bad Attitude, 2 Original 68ks, 3 Liberated 68ks, 4 Contraband PPCs, 5 HP Calculators, 6 palm-size PDAs, 7 Reasons to shorten the signature

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Actually, this topic went wwwiiidddeeessscccrrreeeeeennn (for me, at least) when jt posted that massive URL back on 24 May 2002 : 17:47:03. So, I don't think candyPunk did it. I bet if we could cajole jt into editing his old posting and replacing the text half of that long URL with something shorter, this topic will pop back to normal width.

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jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF

Ok fine.. take out and L and I STILL need that one translated... I don;t know how half the people here who didn't wander thru the BBS days understand you jt!

I have no problem of course... I used to dial into the local Mac User Group BBS via 2400 baud on my Mac SE with Microphone.

~Marchie

~Chaplain Marchie

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ROTFLLSHMFSH

Ok fine.. take out and L and I STILL need that one translated... I don;t know how half the people here who didn't wander thru the BBS days understand you jt!

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Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard My Freakin' Sides Hurt! . . . .

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right noew it appears to have returned top normal mode.

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{ candyPunk }
{ Captain of Observation, 68k MLA }
{ 68k Macs liberated: 3}
{ My baby: Q660av }

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Losin' it JT... There's an xtra 'L' in there...

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LOL! like i ever freakin' HAD it!

jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF

Anyway, I really should start running SETI too...

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I actually took the liberty of inserting some carriage returns into jt's URL - I suggest to all the mods that now we know what the problem is we edit on sight!

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jt ™.
Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball
C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF

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I actually took the liberty of inserting some carriage returns into jt's URL - I suggest to all the mods that now we know what the problem is we edit on sight!

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ty, comrade, but i have no idea which url was problematic and how it was fixed, does it still work and did it work before the edit?

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Well, actually, the URL (the one Posted - 24 May 2002 : 17:47:03 by jt) never worked cuz for some reason it did not drill down past the homepage (but that's beside the point). But now it really doesn't work becuase it has been broken up into several different URL fragments.

The key to avoiding widescreen is to insert spaces in the text half (or Target half) of the URL form that used during posting (the part that shows up in blue underline). The URL itself (the HREF half) can be as long as it needs to be, you only need to insert spaces in the visible text half. (BTW, spaces work, you don't have to use carriage returns. Once Netscape sees the space, it will format the post with a line break).

G4From128k

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The key to avoiding widescreen is to insert spaces in the text half (or Target half) of the URL form that used during posting (the part that shows up in blue underline). The URL itself (the HREF half) can be as long as it needs to be, you only need to insert spaces in the visible text half. (BTW, spaces work, you don't have to use carriage returns. Once Netscape sees the space, it will format the post with a line break).

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what's http://www.softonic.com/informacion_extendida.phtml
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Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 08 Jun 2002 07:50:36

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the theory appears to require some revision!

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see the New, Improved Theory after much embarrassment and gnashing of teeth

G4From128k

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the theory appears to require some revision!

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see the New, Improved Theory after much embarrassment and gnashing of teeth

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