> > I'm running (or trying to run) sieving software (SNFS, Special Number
> > Field Sieve) which allocates a 64 meg block and walks all over it. It
> > doesn't swap well, and is a really good way to test memory.
>
>   Interesting...if you don't mind my asking, what is this program for?

Take a look at the (somewhat sparse) site put up by Bruce Dodson:

http://www.lehigh.edu/~bad0/cu5283p.html

It's an attemt to factor 5^283+1, or:
64344469868350361476736902168396112107604744765432785339830096588794\
82599468847407379379498565411736488750050921849655804779454281055887\
56028786583025610057613719039437683022697456181049346923828126

My VAX just sits there all day and night, and occasionally gets to answer
a DNS query, so I feel bad. Since Sixgirls Computing Labs volunteered in
the last sieving run (2^773+1), I decided to volunteer for this one, too.
I know the VAX won't do much, but it will do SOMETHING, and maybe it won't
be so bored.

John Klos