Bill Jillians wrote:

Pardon me for asking a few things about Seti and Boinc that might seen rather basic.  I just processed my 1000th WU on Setiathome 3.08 and thought I would test drive Boinc to see what would be required to update my system to handle it.

I did that too a few weeks ago.  Glad I did.  Things are running good!

Computer wise I am living in the stone age. 

You are running BOIC on an Atari 800 ?  Wow !  (^;

It may not be the most glamorous setup but it processes 4 WU a day with expendable machinery.

Who needs glamor !  Bah !

I tried looking for a Boinc help file but I can't bring it up. 

I like searching for things via the message boards.

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/

And is Boinc still amenable to transfer by floppy disk?  Or am I going to have to invest in a wireless network.

If you go wireless, be sure to make it encrypted and secure.  A study in Seattle found 9 of 10 wireless internet users were no safe.  In fact in one aprt complex, it was found that each high speed internet wireless user had about 3 freeloaders using their internet connection.

I'd just like to know what I'm getting myself into ... that's all.

Always good to look before you leap.  That is what I do when I cliff dive in Idaho.

Thanks

geothermal