Reply #7: A-yup. We certainly do. Oh, BTW... [View All]

[Richard Steele]

...as long as no one else is using this thread much,
and I'd like a good excuse to keep it kicked by creating
a small subthread...:evilgrin:

I just thought I'd mention that I recently acquired a small
Pentium III WinDoze box, and I intend to set it up as a dedicated
24/7/365 "Folding at Home" machine.

It's got some issues, but I've got a TS friend who's gonna run diagnostics
on it as soon as his office gives him a minute or two to breathe.

And it don't matter what's wrong (I suspect a bad video card),
because parts for that 2000-era PC are so cheap that even a poor artist like me
can afford to get it running better than new.

Hell, I might just ask my friend with the truck to make a Saturday run
to the City Dump, grab 50 free PCs out of the big bin, and tear them apart
until we find what we need.



Actually, now that I think of it, that's a pretty good idea.
I could call it a party- A few of my friends are pretty good
with that PC-part-swapping stuff; they have the skills
and they have the tools.

I could get a few folks together, spend $5 in gas
to grab an entire truckload of old abandoned PCs,
hand out grounding straps as party favors, and maybe
spend $50 for snacks and $150 for a small baggie
of dried green "crazy project enthusiasm enhancer"...

A few hours of that and I could have a STACK of 5 or 10 old WinDoze
boxes running the Folding at Home program for an outlay of $250.

Y'know, I really have been looking for something WORTHY
to fill one of my most excellent vintage Motorola™ power-supply cabinets with...
This might be the project they've been waiting for!







I'm glad we had this little talk! :party: