[aclug-L] Re: "Beowulf" progress

["Jeffrey L. Hansen" <jhansen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

30's or 72's?  I've got a few of each.  I don't think I'll need the 72's
anymore, but I'm not too certain.  I've also got most of an AST 386 DX-16
if you really want to anchor the performance.  :-)

jeff

schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Jeffrey L. Hansen wrote:
>
> > What is the story behind the stack of equipment???
>
> They represent the trailing edge of technology (that linux'll run on).
> The Plan is to network them together and use them as a parallel
> processing BEHEMOTH.  Or something.  If they end up as powerful as the
> P200 server they're going to hang off of, I'll be happy.  I powered
> one of the 486s up and booted with a little mini bootdisk and checked
> the BogoMIPS:  6. I haven't looked at the token 386 yet :)
>
> And if I get one more, my girlfriend is going to kill me! (I really
> shouldn't ask, but does anyone have any 486s or SIMM memory for them
> that they want to part with? I'll name the node after you if you like)
>
> -jeff
> --
> Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two,
> opulence is when you have three -- and paradise is when you have none.
>                 -- Doug Larson