Are there any "old" CPU's out there?

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hergesheimer Send message Joined: 10 Jun 03 Posts: 19 Credit: 169,466 RAC: 0	Message 238355 - Posted: 27 Jan 2006, 20:33:17 UTC - in response to Message 237094. I was wondering if anyone is still using some "old" hardware to crunch on seti? Like 80486 or something like that. I got some older 80486 boards lying around and was wondering if it's worth the work of setting them up just for seti. I doubt it, but it seems I just can't throw them away... I used to have an old Pentium 120Mhz based Toshiba Satellite(I'm not sure, but I think it was 32Mb RAM) running the classic command line (it also ran a firewall), and it would take just over a day to calculate a single workunit (runnning the screensave would take nearly 60 hours). It was stable, but I gave up with it in the end. I've also ran Seti/BOINC on Via 533Mhz Eden boards, although it would take about 20 hours for a workunit, the best bit was that the board hardly got warm! Q. What's purple, lives in the sea, and weighs 5000 pounds? A. Moby Plum. ID: 238355 ·

1mp0Â£173 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0	Message 238365 - Posted: 27 Jan 2006, 20:53:04 UTC - in response to Message 237094. I was wondering if anyone is still using some "old" hardware to crunch on seti? Like 80486 or something like that. I got some older 80486 boards lying around and was wondering if it's worth the work of setting them up just for seti. I doubt it, but it seems I just can't throw them away... I have a dual Pentium-Pro 200 that does two work units every two days. Fortunately, it isn't running just for SETI. ID: 238365 ·

1mp0Â£173 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0	Message 238367 - Posted: 27 Jan 2006, 20:55:27 UTC - in response to Message 237634. * Why'd I do this? Because there is CERTAIN THINGS & PROGRAMS you can only run on that platform is why (Windows NT 3.51) because they have not been ported to more modern platforms (not that I could find @ least & I do NOT feel like recoding them either) that OCCASIONALLY, I still have use for... VMware is your friend. ID: 238367 ·

Bradley Smith Send message Joined: 9 Jul 99 Posts: 1 Credit: 8,184,523 RAC: 6	Message 238581 - Posted: 28 Jan 2006, 3:34:26 UTC GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 5 Stepping 1 347MHz Recent average credit: 35.61 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=1979245 ID: 238581 ·

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