On Fri, 18 May 2001 10:38:49 -0400, I wrote:
>This issue, at least, I can deal with. The two results are the same,
>but as it happens, in order to reduce the chance of a fatal code bug,
>Prime95 'shifts' the initial inputs into its calculations by a certain
>amount; that is why the last number in each result is different.
Several list members have pointed out that I was in error here; the
value that was different is either the error counter or contains
information about the platform being used. It looks to me like it
might be the error counter; in this case, three errors occured in one
run (I'm not sure which type of error). This might be reason to run a
fairly lengthy self-test on the machine.
Nathan
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