Subject: Re: SETI or RC5
To: Bjoern Labitzke <hermit@cs.tu-berlin.de>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@NetBSD.ORG>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 07/01/1999 09:05:28
Bjoern Labitzke wrote:

> * Simon Burge (simonb@NetBSD.ORG) [990701 00:35]:
> > [GIMPS might be interesting]
> 
> Is there a client I can run on NetBSD/i386? In my tests the clients
> told me there was no internet connection while I was happily 
> browsing away...

I don't actually run GIMPS clients under NetBSD.  All my clients are on
Solaris or Ultrix boxes, using manually reserved ranges.  I've only got
a handfull of NetBSD boxes, and they're usually busy building, rebooting
often and living as general development boxes.

> > [Same SETI-data sets]
> 
> IIRC that rumour got acknowledged by SETI@home already. For about two weeks
> they sent out data of three days over and over again. The problem is
> solved now (or so they say).

Cool.  Always good to quash a rumor!

Simon.