[aclug-L] Re: "Beowulf" progress

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

did you ever fix that circuit braker problem? :-)

btw, my compalments on the mountain.
i wish my farm was that big.

Jeff 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

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