Mersenne Digest Sunday, July 16 2000 Volume 01 : Number 758 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 00:56:56 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #757 << Direct RDRAM >> <HOLY WAR>Everyone knows (rather, should know) that RDRAM memory provides a minor speed boost compared to SDRAM, and the much higher cost of RDRAM is completely unjustified. I've heard that Dell is switching back to SDRAM in its computers now, which is a Good Thing(TM).</HOLY WAR> :-D Stephan Lavavej _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 16:31:54 +0200 From: "Grieken, Paul van" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mersenne: prime lost Due to a PC error I have lost the complete Prime directory on my PC. Can someone tell me how to get my exponents back from the base? Paul van Grieken _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:28:19 -0400 From: "Willmore, David (VS Central)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #757 All benchmarks say is that "It's good for *this* application". I've heard that it speeds up mersenne calculations on some MBs. Now, that's nice, but if it doesn't speed it up enough vs its cost..... That's the question. I'm just going to hold my breath for DDR-SDRAM. Cheaper, faster, better supported. Dual Athlon/interleaved DDR memory. Hold on to your hats.... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 11:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #757 > > << Direct RDRAM >> > > <HOLY WAR>Everyone knows (rather, should know) that RDRAM memory provides > a > minor speed boost compared to SDRAM, and the much higher cost of RDRAM is > completely unjustified. I've heard that Dell is switching back to SDRAM > in > its computers now, which is a Good Thing(TM).</HOLY WAR> > > :-D > > Stephan Lavavej > _________________________________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm > Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 00:02:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Francois Gouget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mersenne: GIMPS package for Debian Hi all, I have just released 'prime-net' a Debian package for the latest version of the GIMPS client: version 20.6.2. You are all welcome to give it a try (assuming you are using Debian) and to send me bug reports, suggestions for improvement, ... You will find it in Woody's non-free/misc section. Otherwise you can download it from: http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/misc/prime-net.html or from my home page: http://fgouget.free.fr/distributed/prime-net-en.shtml My goal when making this package was to try to give a broad audience to the GIMPS client and to make it very simple for Debian users to try it. The package takes care of setting up the scripts for starting/stopping the client on bootup/shutdown, rotating the logs, ... If you search for prime-net on Debian's site you will notice that an older version based on version 19.1 will be released as part of Potato, the soon to be released Debian 2.2. The reason it's an older version is that Potato has been frozen for such a long time. There's no reason to use this old package since the latest one will work just as well on Slink, Potato and Woody. - -- Francois Gouget [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fgouget.free.fr/ Computers are like airconditioners They stop working properly if you open WINDOWS _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers ------------------------------ End of Mersenne Digest V1 #758 ******************************
