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Subject: Re: Suggestion for the Scrappy/Crafty comparison

Author: Giovanni Lavorgna

Date: 12:23:01 03/15/98

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On March 14, 1998 at 10:53:05, Robert Hyatt wrote:
..........
>It is *almost* done.  If I didn't have to do a two-day unix training
>seminar Monday and Tuesday it would probably be playing on ICC
>wednesday.
>
>My quad-pro box shipped yesterday, supposedly.  It should arrive on
>Monday
>or tuesday, if all goes well (4 pentium pro 200 cpus, 256 mb, 12 gigs of
>wide scsi disks (2x2gig, 2x4gig).  That's why I have been working on
>this
>so hard.
>
>I've completed the necessary data structures to implement the Cray-Blitz
>parallel search.  The program still works, although about 2% slower now.
>(this was the hardest part of the procedure, btw).  I have most of the
>pthread code done, and only lack a couple of pieces of code before I am
>ready to start testing...
>
>I chose to use posix threads, because there's a good chance it can be
>ported to NT with little effort.

Hi Bob. Could you give us an idea if this system you chose is more
convenient/expensive than a Unix high-end workstation? If I recall it
correctly you chose to use in Paris a fast alpha workstation, but now
you seem to prefer this other system set-up. Also, what kind of Unix you
can ran on these boxes?
Thanks in advance.

Giovanni Lavorgna



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