Profile: Jim Allen

Personal background
The current date is 24 October 2005. I was born in 1937 and am a retired systems programmer who worked on large IBM mainframes. When I was growing up, I thought I wanted to be an astronomer, hence the interest. I heard about SETI@home some time ago, was interested, but never investigated.
My computer is idle enough of the time that I think I might be of some service. I am more than willing to supply computer time provided I can do the things I need to do without very noticable interference and shut it down at will for any reason (software or other system maintenance, shutting down my PC, need entire bandwidth, etc.). I will be interested in what it takes to run the software and how much control I have. As far as I am concerned, it may use as much power as it wants as long as it is near the bottom of the priority list. I find the project fascinating, and the approach innovative.
My current computer is a Dell Inspiron 6000 with a 1.5G Pentium M processor and a 51GB hard drive. I am willing to allocate 10GB to the project and may take into account disk requirements and other configuration options for this project next time I buy a computer. At present I know absolutely nothing about the BOINC software, and this remains an experiment on my part until I do.
I think it might be helpful if the software were run in a UserID that could be started and stopped with a system command provided by BOINC or some other source. I understand that this may already be available, but until I take the time to investigate, I have no idea. I will be interested in the results of the project.
Jim Allen
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