On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 17:04:16 GMT, sideband <AINO8SPAMW@cac.net> wrote:

Back in the day, if you needed a client for the "old" system (which 
works great, IMHO) and you asked here, someone on the project would 
get it done, assuming they had access to the hardware on which to do 
the compile. (Guess that's why I never found a client for my 
DECstation 5000/200.) I suppose those on the SETI project are busy, 
too, so that's understandable, now, but that doesn't change the fact 
that I'm not going to be able to go full-speed ahead like I have been 
for the last 5+ years.... Bits of my farm will fall off due to lack of 
support.. and that's just a sad thing.

-SSB

Not necessarily....if the old hardware is just too slow you would be
better served by junking it and spending the money and electricty on a
more up to date model. There IS a breakover point and each person has
to find there own but....if you do one unit in 1 day on the old
DECstation what's the point? You can get a new machine for under
$100US that will do 2 or 3 a day and last for another 5 or 10 years.
You can but a nice refurbished AMD 2800+ for about $300US that will do
1 unit in about 2 1/2 HOURS!
These prices are no monitor or printer, they are full units, hard
drive, cd, sometimes a floppy drive, built in video card, memory, a
full box with a keyboard and a mouse.