exactly my point perhaps arrays of dual '040/33's there is something SETI are doing that enables the use of PC's worldwide to help sort the HUGE amounts of data they have to process it seems to me that sharing the problem between hardware has for the most part been solved
imagine an array of 10 x dual '040/33's blowing the latest a greatest G4 to the weeds :) Al Mark Benson wrote: > > On Saturday, Oct 12, 2002, at 13:49 Europe/London, Al wrote: > > > a more useful hack (imho) would be a way of combining the computing > > power of > > two or more 68k motherboards. a bit like multi processing. surely > > two LC lll's > > would be faster than the sum of there processor speeds. i guessing > > something > > in the order 60 to 100 mhz. this sort of speed and running System > > 7.x.x this > > "monster" would fly. (please please please i don't wanna hear "it > > can't be done" ) > > It can't be done.... in Mac OS. It CAN be done (I would have thought) > in Linux/BSD. Don't ask me how - I'm a hardware jock. A Dual '040/33 > would make a nice server :). > > -- > Mark Benson -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
