At 9:40 AM -0500 on 7/25/03, Daniel Jackson wittily wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/) is a >research project which is studying how proteins assemble themselves, or >"fold", when performing biological functions. > >They're simulating the folding operation by calculating snapshots of the >protein at very small intervals. This is very compute-intensive, so they are >using massively distributed processing. Users download an application or >screen saver and their computers run these folding simulations when they are >idle. > >There is no client which runs on a 68k Mac. There probably won't ever be. :) >So to get it to run, there has to be some kind of x86 emulator which will >run one of the supported x86 clients, Windows, Linux, etc. > >If there is such an animal as a x86 emulator for a 68040-based Mac, I could >try running that. Another method would be to run something like SoftWindows, >Wine, VirtualPC, etc. > >Has anyone been able to do this? If not, any advice would be appreciated. > >TIA, >Daniel > Windows emulators exist for the 68040 Macs if you can find one that is. Maybe you could run it on a a 68040 with BSD Unix as the operating system? I do know that older Macs with 68040 can use BSD Unix just fine. -- The Librarian looked out at the jolting scenery. He was sulking. This had a lot to do with the new bright collar around his neck with the word "PONGO" on it. Someone was going to suffer for this. ~ The Librarian travels incognito ~ Terry Pratchett: "Lords and Ladies" -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
