Michael A. Ball <Guardian@wireco.net> wrote:

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:39:16 GMT, Martin 53N 1W <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> wrote:

...I've never seen the Windows version, and I gave the Boinc manager gui a 
quick look for version 5.2.14. It does look a little clunky and is x6 
the code size of the command line service...

Is there a command line version of SETI BOINC for Windows XP home edition?
Whatever it takes.

The BOINC core client _is_ a command line program. It can be run in a console
or as a service.

BOINC Manager is a GUI element which interfaces to the core client through
RPC (TCP/IP) calls. You don't need to run it unless you want to look at
what's happening. There's a third-party alternative called BoincView which
many users prefer.

Applications for BOINC such as setiathome are executed by BOINC. They don't
have a window, but the standard versions can generate graphics to pass to
the screen saver. Optimized versions of setiathome are generally built
without those graphics capabilities.

I suggest you install the latest BOINC recommended version (5.2.13) as a
service. Then attach to setiathome; the standard application and some work
will be downloaded and start crunching.


Links:
Paul Buck's BOINC Wiki:
<URL: http://boinc-doc.net/boinc-wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page >
Optimized setiathome apps:
<URL: http://www.marisan.nl/seti/index.htm >
<URL: http://www.guntec.de/Crunch3r/setix86.html >

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                                                   Joe