From: Irfan Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> i have two PCs in running condition. one is a 386 (dos and win 3.1),
> and the other is pentium I (win 95).
> i was wondering if i could obtain information about connecting the
> two so that the processing tasks could be distributed *automatically*
> by some sort of distributed OS running under windows 95 and win 3.1.
> my purpose is to utilize the idle processing power of my otherwise
> low-end machines. and also to go beyond traditional file server and
> printer sharing sort of networking.
> what i have in mind is a network operating system like Amoeba
> [http://www.cs.vu.nl/pub/amoeba/ ]. also has anyone tried Inferno
> [http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/index.html ]?
I'm not familiar with these, but I have heard good things about a
Beowulf cluster. See http://www.beowulf.org/howto/howto.html
Just one of about 25,000 hits searching on "+Beowulf +cluster".
Seems like a good fit, as Linux was originally developed for a 386,
and it could allow you to network with some really "heavy iron" -
maybe even a Cray. :-)
I'd like to know how this works out.
Boyd Ramsay
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