On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Cornelius Caesar wrote:
> I got the idea to do some factoring with my now slower-than-average
> machine (a P133), but I don't want to factor at the current assignments
> (in the 9M range); instead I would like to fill up the factor limits of
> small exponents to some common value (56 bits or 58 bits or so).
>
> Of course, doing it manually using "Advanced - Factor" is out of question,
> so I thought to create appropriate entries in worktodo.ini and send the
> results unsolicited :-) to the PrimeNet server.
>
> However, I seem to hit the automatic factor limit value in Prime95, or
> something else:
>
> Error: Work-to-do-file contained bad factoring assignment: 65537,56
>
> Is it possible to do what I am trying?
Only by recompiling Prime95/mprime, the limits are hardcoded in the code.
>From commonc.h in version 17.7:
/* Factoring limits based on complex formulas given the speed of the */
/* factoring code vs. the speed of the Lucas-Lehmer code */
#define FAC64 9150000L /* How far to factor */
#define FAC63 7270000L
#define FAC62 5160000L
#define FAC61 LIMIT192 /* This is 3960000L */
#define FAC60 2950000L
#define FAC59 2360000L
#define FAC58 1930000L
#define FAC57 1480000L
#define FAC56 1000000L
--
Henrik Olsen, Dawn Solutions I/S
URL=http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/
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