Hi all,
Now before the new version of Prime95 is released I have some
suggestions for new function which should not be too difficult to add:
- A menu item that forces the program to write intermediate data to
disk. It is useful, when the user wants to install a new program or
play a game which probably forces the computer to crash. So it is
possible to save data without exiting the program before a riskful
action.
- A function which prvents writing to disk for some time. When the user
writes a CDr, it sometimes is dangerous, when prime95 writes
intermediate results to disk during that time.
- Extended status information
-relative speed of the system (e.g. using rolling average)
-hours in use
-# flops done (calculated)
-# iterations done (total of all exponents)
-history: all tested iterations on this machine
-processor usage (compared with the unused system
Maybe George Woltman can implement some of these functions, so that the
use better knows what the program does.
Cheers
Reto
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