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Message 162423 - Posted: 3 Sep 2005, 7:19:50 UTC

When will seti@home Classic be terminated?
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Message 162475 - Posted: 3 Sep 2005, 12:51:50 UTC

Soon is all anyone can tell you///
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Message 162524 - Posted: 3 Sep 2005, 15:05:46 UTC

/me spreads tea leaves and looks at them...


Nope, no answer on this. Plus I ran out of batteries for my crystal orb. :(
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Message 166943 - Posted: 12 Sep 2005, 23:21:52 UTC

Seti@Home Classic has been very successful, and uses a fairly simple interface to the main database of work units. There are a great many users of Seti Classic.

Boinc is a more sophisticated interface, and will be the future sole method of processing Seti units. Unfortunately, since it's introduction, it has had a lot of difficulty getting this interface to work properly for Seti and support large numbers of users. Consequentally, the Classic interface has been kept running for longer than was originally intended, while the problems with Seti Boinc are being sorted out. The last thing Seti Boinc needs is a huge influx of users while it is troubleshooting.

There has been no formal announcement of the end of Seti Classic, though downloads of the software have recently been stopped. Presumably this means that the Seti team believe that Seti Boinc can now handle all the new users who want to start Seti processing. Once the Seti Boinc interface has been shown to handle large numbers of people reliably the Classic interface will be presumably be withdrawn, with a period of notice of a couple of months. As of 10 Sept 2005 the Seti Boinc interface has not been reliable; no doubt it will become so in the near future.
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Message 168185 - Posted: 15 Sep 2005, 22:25:26 UTC

SAH-classic has one great benefit - software works on very old computers.
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Message 175678 - Posted: 9 Oct 2005, 3:45:01 UTC
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I WOULD LIKE TO RUN CLASSIC AS LONG AS I CAN, I THOUGHT I FOUND AN ANSWER ON HOW TO GO BACK TO CLASSIC BUT I CAN'T FIND IT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO RUN CLASSIC UNTILL IT IS SHUT DOWN. KEN LANGLEY KWLWORLD@MSN.COM
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Message 175692 - Posted: 9 Oct 2005, 4:28:22 UTC - in response to Message 175678.  

I WOULD LIKE TO RUN CLASSIC AS LONG AS I CAN, I THOUGHT I FOUND AN ANSWER ON HOW TO GO BACK TO CLASSIC BUT I CAN'T FIND IT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO RUN CLASSIC UNTILL IT IS SHUT DOWN. KEN LANGLEY KWLWORLD@MSN.COM

The only thing that's been turned off so far is the ability to start a new account. So all you need, as an existing participant, would be the software and your password. The software is still available at download.com.

By the way, it looks as if your caps lock is stuck....

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Message 175923 - Posted: 9 Oct 2005, 20:29:44 UTC

I've downloaded the new software and the screensaver keeps coming up with the error message. NVidia Open GL Driver error. Hit Escape. Also my old version is still running. How long before updated information is transferred since March? Also, any thoughts on the Driver error?
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Message 175935 - Posted: 9 Oct 2005, 20:58:44 UTC - in response to Message 175923.  

I've downloaded the new software and the screensaver keeps coming up with the error message. NVidia Open GL Driver error. Hit Escape. Also my old version is still running. How long before updated information is transferred since March? Also, any thoughts on the Driver error?


The information since March for SETI Classic will be updated once it is finally shut down permanently, sometime before the end of this year is the word going around.

I have no idea about your OpenGL error - I don't have much experience in that area. Sorry.
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Message 175998 - Posted: 10 Oct 2005, 0:04:24 UTC - in response to Message 175923.  

I've downloaded the new software and the screensaver keeps coming up with the error message. NVidia Open GL Driver error. Hit Escape. Also my old version is still running. How long before updated information is transferred since March? Also, any thoughts on the Driver error?

Answered in your other thread, update the driver.

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