Hi,

I just got back after leaving my computer for a week or so generating a
table using the old version, so I have two 846Mb files (data.end.tbl,
data.start.tbl). Should I just keep this process going until it completes or
compile the new version?

Here's my invocation command:

./a51table --condition rounds:rounds=32 --roundfunc
xor:condition=distinguished_point::bits=15:generator=lfsr::tablesize=32::advance=143136
--implementation sharedmem --algorithm A51 --device cuda:operations=512
--work random:prefix=11,0 --consume file:prefix=data:append --logger normal
generate --chains 380000000 --chainlength 3000000 --intermediate
filter:runlength=512

Other questions:

RE: GTX260. I just installed this card before I left and I'm getting about
105chains/sec with --operations 512. However I see approximate benchmarks on
the website that say the GTX260 can do about 165chains/sec. I'm using Ubuntu
Jaunty, compiz and 2 monitors at 1900x1024. I can increase --operations to
768 (114chains/sec) or 1024 (120chains/sec) but I do notice some slowdown

RE the--network
nickname=<your_name>:password=<your_passwd>:host=reflextor.com:port=80
option - do I have to create an account somewhere first or just make up a
user/pass?

RE other gpu's and cpu's: I have 2 machines with simple Geforce 9500 cards
that do about 20chains/sec, and a couple of core quad's that for most of the
time are barely loaded (I see new posts about a CPU implementation). Since
20chains/sec would take 10-12months to generate a table  with say 380 000
000 chains if I were to utilise these gpu's (and perhaps the core quads)
should I generate/contribute smaller tables on these (say 32 000 000 chains)
as I'd prefer to keep rolling some sort of new table each month instead of
keeping one process going for a year.

Cheers,
SB
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