Re: Mersenne: What computer is OK today?

1998-11-12 Thread George Woltman
Hi Yuri, At 10:48 PM 11/11/98 -0800, Yuri Sorkin wrote: I participated in GIMPS from the very beginning, Yuri was indeed one of the earliest members, LL testing exponents below 500,000 with a 486. How times have changed! And now I see that my P5-166 (SDRAM, MMX, Intel) doesn't get from

Re: Mersenne: What computer is OK today?

1998-11-12 Thread Paul Derbyshire
At 10:48 PM 11/11/98 -0800, you wrote: I participated in GIMPS from the very beginning, yet trying to join it with 386-SX. And now I see that my P5-166 (SDRAM, MMX, Intel) doesn't get from Primenet anything for LL-test quite awhile. Since I'm going to buy a new desktop soon and consider its

Re: Mersenne: What computer is OK today?

1998-11-12 Thread Standard Deviation
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, George Woltman wrote: For those on a tight budget, consider building a machine around the Intel Celeron 300A. There have been many success stories overclocking this chip to 450MHz with a 100MHz front-side bus. This suggestion is only for the most knowledgable hardware