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Falleron and Flanders,
That the kind of spirit! Thanks for your effort! Lets take the Macrumors Team to the top!
That the kind of spirit! Thanks for your effort! Lets take the Macrumors Team to the top!
Almost 100
We've got almost 100 names on the team list now. A few haven't been active lately, though.
I also noticed that we've been passed by MacNN even though we're back at #41.
As far as recruiting machines, what does that really mean? Several members have added machines to their contribution already. I may upgrade an older machine to a G3 so I can try to run Mac OS X.
I still think we need the members who have done one or two work units to contribute regularly. I know it takes time on some machines. I've had some which take 5 or 6 days on my PM G3/400, but I believe it's worthwhile to help out in any way that we can. My dad suffers from memory loss but if what I'm contributing can help someone else's parents so they don't have to experience this mess, I will continue to do my best.
We've got almost 100 names on the team list now. A few haven't been active lately, though.
I also noticed that we've been passed by MacNN even though we're back at #41.
As far as recruiting machines, what does that really mean? Several members have added machines to their contribution already. I may upgrade an older machine to a G3 so I can try to run Mac OS X.
I still think we need the members who have done one or two work units to contribute regularly. I know it takes time on some machines. I've had some which take 5 or 6 days on my PM G3/400, but I believe it's worthwhile to help out in any way that we can. My dad suffers from memory loss but if what I'm contributing can help someone else's parents so they don't have to experience this mess, I will continue to do my best.
Its just a question of setting up 2 versions of the commands line isn't it so that it runs on both processors? Anyway, for the moment I will stick at running on 1 processor - I still like to do some processing for SETI as well. I do think that the Folding project is a worth while cause though. I am determined to get myself a higher ranking though!! 56th position is a little low!Originally posted by bousozoku
Thanks for reconsidering! Do you have all the information you need to run it as local so that you may run one on each processor? I've been doing it for a bit so I would be happy to help.
Steps to recruiting machines:
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should you fold on it?
can you fold on it?
is it fast enough to complete a WU in a reasonable amount of time?
if it is fast enough, can you keep it on for long periods?
When I look at a machine, these are the questiuons I ask. If the answer to all of these is yes, then please use it for folding.
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should you fold on it?
can you fold on it?
is it fast enough to complete a WU in a reasonable amount of time?
if it is fast enough, can you keep it on for long periods?
When I look at a machine, these are the questiuons I ask. If the answer to all of these is yes, then please use it for folding.
If you or anyone else ever want to run it on both processors, I can make you a script.
There is also a way to run console folding w/o having to have the Terminal.app open (it involves root).
If any of this sounds appealing to anyone, I can provide more detials.
Re: Almost 100
Actually they haven't passed us, we're just closing in on them. The last Mac team we passed was MacCentral, some 10,000 points ago...
Actually they haven't passed us, we're just closing in on them. The last Mac team we passed was MacCentral, some 10,000 points ago...
Is there anyone with sufficient cocoa knowledge to port the Folding Control app. to 10.2? Since the move to Jaguar the app doesn't work anymore. Can we do this?
Re: Re: Almost 100
Ahhhh, now I feel much better. I noticed the Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa fell back...I guess we closed out a bunch of the bigger work units to reclaim our position.
Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Actually they haven't passed us, we're just closing in on them. The last Mac team we passed was MacCentral, some 10,000 points ago...
Ahhhh, now I feel much better. I noticed the Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa fell back...I guess we closed out a bunch of the bigger work units to reclaim our position.
The Folding Control app just executes commands like a script. The only difference is that it has a progress bar and requires an app to drive it (less CPU cycles for folding).
If you can go to /Users/[username]/Library/Folding@home/work/logfile_0#.txt periodically instead of looking at a progress bar, then I can make you a script. I might even be able to make one where it doesn't require Terminal to be open (more CPU cycles for folding).
It would be nice if someone could develop again, but in the meantime this is a viable solution.
Ok this is weird! I left Folding running on my machine + came back to a message saying it had failed to connect (I presume it had finished a unit). Anyway, I connected to the net + the messages dissapeared and continued processing, I think. However, more than half a day on, there is no increase to my stats on the team page. Any ideas? Surely it cant take that long to update?
Falleron,
The stats take some time to update. But you'll be there!
mc68k,
I'll try to make the app, so that way we can have an option of choosing an app that it's much easier to set up. Can you please send me the scripts? With an option to enable 2 processors? Please PM me.
The stats take some time to update. But you'll be there!
mc68k,
I'll try to make the app, so that way we can have an option of choosing an app that it's much easier to set up. Can you please send me the scripts? With an option to enable 2 processors? Please PM me.
Falleron,
Here you can see the project summary:
http://folding.stanford.edu/psummary.html
Take a look at the score of many proteins.
Here you can see the team stats:
http://statsman.org/folding2stats/html/
Take a look at both.
Happy folding!
Here you can see the project summary:
http://folding.stanford.edu/psummary.html
Take a look at the score of many proteins.
Here you can see the team stats:
http://statsman.org/folding2stats/html/
Take a look at both.
Happy folding!
When I originally stated to fold (when the team was created) I used to get 6 point proteins to look at. Now, I get proteins that give me less than 1 score. Whats going on there? I thought it was just because my system was being benchmarked for the first unit - but the second protein is also tiny.
So, if you quit to free up some CPU power.....it quits the WU? Is there a way to pause it, and have it start up again when you have available power? Cause I have 60% done on another unit but needed to stop it.....yeah
Re: Almost 100
osX runs fine on a g3 -- but Jaguar has a notice that it doesn't run on some g3 systems. Dunno what's going on for that to be so.
I think my antique system, a powerMac 6100/66 with 16mb RAM, is too inadequate for the task.
osX runs fine on a g3 -- but Jaguar has a notice that it doesn't run on some g3 systems. Dunno what's going on for that to be so.
I think my antique system, a powerMac 6100/66 with 16mb RAM, is too inadequate for the task.
Folding takes the idle power of your CPU and folds with it. You won't notice any slowdown with it running.
If you quit folding, it stops folding at the last frame that was completed. 100 frames=1 WU. When you start folding back up, it will start folding at the frame it left off at.
Re: Re: Almost 100
The 6100 is nubus based, and has a 601 CPU. Both of these factors make for certain that it will never run X.
The utility I use linked in my signature will help those stubborn beige g3 systems run X too.Originally posted by pimentoLoaf
osX runs fine on a g3 -- but Jaguar has a notice that it doesn't run on some g3 systems. Dunno what's going on for that to be so.
I think my antique system, a powerMac 6100/66 with 16mb RAM, is too inadequate for the task.
The 6100 is nubus based, and has a 601 CPU. Both of these factors make for certain that it will never run X.