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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