> Just got my first primenet assignment over 7 million yesterday. phew.
> estimated 65 days on a pentium 166mmx system (ok, so this is one
> of my junk
> boxes that happened to get it).
I've got a couple of those myself.
Scott Kurowski: Didn't you say that you had planned to increase the
requirements for a machine to get an LL test assignment?
For the 7M+ exponents, would it be wise to raise the bar again to maybe a
200MHz machine or even higher?
Meanwhile, in other news, anyone spot my name in the March PC Magazine's
"Abort, Retry, Fail?" section (last page)? The previous mention some months
ago prompted me to write the author, asking him to correct some things. He
said he would and he did. He was actually pretty cool about the whole
thing, so I'm pleased.
Also, if anyone notices a bunch of new machines joining GIMPS in the next 6
months, don't hit the FBI speed dial button on your phone. I'll be getting
about 70 machines that I can do whatever I want with for a short time, plus
a few RISC boxes.
Speaking of RISC, I haven't checked, but is there good software for LL
testing on Sun Sparcstations and IBM RS/6000's?
Aaron
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