On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:18:51 +0100, Alan Woodford
<alanw@bortas.demon.co.uk> wrote:

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:56:04 GMT, f/f george <george@yourplace.com>
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:20:03 +0100, Alan Woodford
<alanw@bortas.demon.co.uk> wrote:

I don't think that position will last, once the loonies with the big
farms move over to Boinc :-) :-)

All the best,

Alan Woodford

And how big of a farm do I have to have to be a "loonie"?

More machines than me, of course :-)

But seriously, I was thinking of the people who set up entire offices,
departments and so on. Or double figures of home machines!

Never been a "loonie" and it might be fun.
I am currently at  #181

I suspect you qualify :-)

YEESSSSSS! I am now "officially" a "Loonie"!
I do have 17 machines total here at home running a combination of
Classic and Boinc. I have myself, my wife and 2 sons one of which is
at home, each with our own computers. ALL the rest have either been
replacements or bought real cheap at auctions. OHHH, I did build a few
from pieces I have from upgrades. I did recently purchase an AMD 64
3200+ and will be migrating my computer over to that. My current is an
AMD 2800+, the 64 is FAST! But I bought a bare bones and am finishing
it myself. Farming has taught me networking and lots of other little
things in order to make all the computers work together and still give
each its own internet access. SetiQueue made it easy in Classic but
currently there is no such program for Boinc, maybe once it is up and
stable. The slowest machine I have is an old Compaq server that has 2
300mhz chips and 4 scsi drives. I got it for $25.00US and it was a
chore to setup and get running, it had NO software with it and the
drivers were not configured. FORTUNATELY Compaq/HP tech support was
REALLY helpful and was able to help me get it up and running for the
cost of 2 cd's, about $15.00. It does Classic units in about 19 hours
per unit, 2 at a time. The fastest is the AMD 64 3200+ and it does
Classic units in just under 2 hours and Boinc units in about 2 hours
15 minutes. I do have a couple of Celerons that I would like to
upgrade the processor on, I could get at least double the units out
for about $125.00 or so each. I have 3 Celerons.
I even did a stint with a floppy only Linux setup for awhile.
I recently got a copy of Knoppix Linux,  it runs the whole program
from the cd. If it will support my network cards I may run that for
awhile. Linux is supposed to be a bit faster crunching units.
I am a Windows guy though so it may be short lived! Just to see if I
can make it work thru my network that is a combination of wired and
wireless thru 3 floors of the home.
I buy computers at auction and upgrade when I can. The slowest other
than the server is a 700mhz machine. I THREW AWAY a 350mhz machine
which is faster than my neighbor used for his main machine! When I
told him I just threw it away, he asked for and got the next 2
discards! I also get computers from people who upgrade their computer
to a newer one and want to get rid of the old one.
Yes, I guess I AM a "Loonie"!