Russel Brooks wrote: > > I've been with GIMPS for about two years and yesterday achieved > a personal milestone; I finally broke thru the 1000 barrier and > made it to 996 on the top producers list. Each step forward is > getting smaller and smaller though; I think I'm approaching the > knee of the curve and will eventually start going backwards. > > ID: rlbrooks > 866MHz P3 & 450MHz P2 (& 133MHz P1 doing factoring) Was glad to hear that you seem likely to keep moving forward for a while. I have been playing here for almost 3 years, and have been in the 500's or 600's for a while. I have a P166 factoring, a PIII-650 double-checking (it's at work, and I don't want to share the fame and glory of finding a new prime with my employer). At home, I just upgraded a dual Celeron 500MHz to dual P-III 1GHz, and a Celeron 333MHz to P-IV 1.3GHz, so I should crack the 500 barrier among top producers fairly soon. After that I may have one of my dual processors work on something else (if that speeds up the other significantly). Great fun, ain't it? Gerry -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
