75mhz!!!!!!!!!!! ................for the [H]orde???

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Okay. Here it goes. I found a Packard Bell Legend. This PC is state of the art and will smoke any P4 or A64 :p .It's got a Pentium R 75mhz :eek: cpu and a whopping 8mb of ram and it actually turns on and runs Windows95. I am in awe. I should be getting a call from the Smithsonian any moment!

So heres my question.Could this thing possibly fold?

I figure it has to be good for something.
 
I've been wanting to say this for awhile....

Kill it with fire!
 
It's good for sledgehammer practice and idiots on eBay.

Probably a little too slow to fold realistically. Now if it had a turbo button...
 
BillLeeLee said:
It's good for sledgehammer practice and idiots on eBay.

Probably a little too slow to fold realistically. Now if it had a turbo button...
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the blessed turbo button. To infinity and beyond!!!!!
 
KodiakStar said:
You will need at least 98 on it to run f@h :p
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I have an ole 3 gig with win98. Maybe I should try it out.

Heres a funny question. What will happen If I put in a video card with a 350mhz gpu when the main cpu is only 75mhz. Now that would be funny
 
you know, if UD supported *nix..i would say UD it...but of course, UD doesn't :rolleyes:

the reason being, UD WUs are smaller than FAH WUs, they finish faster.

at any rate, try getting a picoBSD *nix to work on there... luck w/ that :p

 
I booted up a 133 awhile ago. Tried to install all the win 98 patches it needed--- about 2 hours later I unplugged it and gave up.
 
They make a good boat anchor………..if the boat isn’t too big :rolleyes: ;)
 
Well, I upgraded the video card from a 1mb to a 4mb and I added a nic card. I went to install win98 and it said. Error! You need at least 16mb of ram to install Windows 98.
Oh well. I'm looking for a linux distro now. I know they have some that run on 486's. They should run like a champ on a Pentium R. 75mhz :p
 
See, you should send that to me for a birthday present. It will make a very nice anchor for a 1KG block of sodium I plan on sinking into the sea off the shores of California. =]
 
Hmm, I have a 12mhz 286 sitting in my basement, complete with 40 megabyte hard drive and 1 meg of ram. Now THAT'S a folding beast. FLECOM and Logikality look out! :D
And yes it does have a turbo button! I can feel the p0\/\/3r!
It was my first box and I just can't bring myself to throw it out, so now it just sits there gathering dust. :rolleyes:

Aratech, be sure to let us know if you get it up and running. I'm curious to see how it does. If not, hey sledgehammer practice is always fun. :)

 
Ya know... you guys oughta polish them up real nice and pay a visit to the antique roadshow. You guys have pieces of history there... might be worth something.

 
BobCoyote said:
Hmm, I have a 12mhz 286 sitting in my basement, complete with 40 megabyte hard drive and 1 meg of ram. Now THAT'S a folding beast. FLECOM and Logikality look out! :D
And yes it does have a turbo button! I can feel the p0\/\/3r!
It was my first box and I just can't bring myself to throw it out, so now it just sits there gathering dust. :rolleyes:

Aratech, be sure to let us know if you get it up and running. I'm curious to see how it does. If not, hey sledgehammer practice is always fun. :)

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Aww Damn, mine is only 8mhz with 25mb HD :(. But seriously you could try running fold server, And let the 75mhz be a client. Just my 2c.


 
Ibanez3434 said:
Aww Damn, mine is only 8mhz with 25mb HD :(. But seriously you could try running fold server, And let the 75mhz be a client. Just my 2c.


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Tell me more about this fold server......
 
PoisonedPawn45 said:
OC IT! you should be able to push 80mhz with watercooling... :p

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:p What would i have to do?....put it in the freezer? :p

You know what's funny though...
It runs pretty darn fast with windows 95 on it.

I guess thats proof that microsoft can write an os that isnt a memory or resource hog.

Couldnt they apply this principle to XP ect???? :confused:
 
Well there's always liquid nitrogen.... :p

And for fold-server, you can do a search on the forum, there are a ton of threads about it out there, and its administered by our very own unhappy_mage.

edit: This post has links at the bottom with details.


 
I can see it now.

Code: 
[20:05:29] Project: 2000 (Run 8, Clone 17, Gen 3) 
[20:05:29] 
[20:05:30] Assembly optimizations on if available. 
[20:05:30] Entering M.D. 
[20:05:59] (Starting from checkpoint) 
[20:05:59] Protein: p2000_ab1-43 
[20:05:59] 
[20:05:59] Writing local files 
[20:05:59] Using table 1 
[20:05:59] Completed 1805310 out of 5000000 steps  (36) 


ETA  DEC 25 2010
 
Aratech said:
Tell me more about this fold server......
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I just started using it, You have to have another comp, with a lil more Horsepower. Which is the server, then all your other comps boot from that copmuter over the LAN, and they all fold. Uhnappy_mage is the guy to talk to. He helped me get it up, (Which it still is having a prob, Mage) It is a bitch to get up, but is nice to have.
http://fold-server.sourceforge.net/index.shtml

 
DR_K13 said:
I can see it now.

Code: 
[20:05:29] Project: 2000 (Run 8, Clone 17, Gen 3) 
[20:05:29] 
[20:05:30] Assembly optimizations on if available. 
[20:05:30] Entering M.D. 
[20:05:59] (Starting from checkpoint) 
[20:05:59] Protein: p2000_ab1-43 
[20:05:59] 
[20:05:59] Writing local files 
[20:05:59] Using table 1 
[20:05:59] Completed 1805310 out of 5000000 steps  (36) 


ETA  DEC 25 2010
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2010? :p

Hey, your sig says you have too many PC's to list. Is there a thread somewhere with all your hardware listed?
 
Ibanez3434 said:
I just started using it, You have to have another comp, with a lil more Horsepower. Which is the server, then all your other comps boot from that copmuter over the LAN, and they all fold. Uhnappy_mage is the guy to talk to. He helped me get it up, (Which it still is having a prob, Mage) It is a bitch to get up, but is nice to have.
http://fold-server.sourceforge.net/index.shtml

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So they arent sharing processing power then. Whats the benefit?
 
the f@h project does not allow shared cpu power sadly...

it makes it easier b/c you dont have to have a HDD / OS for every single box you are running
 
KodiakStar said:
the f@h project does not allow shared cpu power sadly...

it makes it easier b/c you dont have to have a HDD / OS for every single box you are running
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Oh I see. I guess Stanford doesnt use clusters if the program doesnt support shared cpu power.
 
Wow a reverse e-penis bragging party...what have I missed!

Have that still boot and run IBM XT 4.77mhz 8088, 10mb HDD, 640k RAM, dual 5 1/4's, and MS-DOS v2.1.


And a IBM XT Turbo 8mhz 8088, 20 mb HDD, 640k RAM, 5 1/4, upgraded to a 3 1/2, and MS-DOS v2.1.

Then there are the Tandy's.....I have a veritable collection of TRS-80 models in storage.

Folding goodness here I come!
 
Spectre said:
Wow a reverse e-penis bragging party...what have I missed!

Have that still boot and run IBM XT 4.77mhz 8088, 10mb HDD, 640k RAM, dual 5 1/4's, and MS-DOS v2.1.


And a IBM XT Turbo 8mhz 8088, 20 mb HDD, 640k RAM, 5 1/4, upgraded to a 3 1/2, and MS-DOS v2.1.

Then there are the Tandy's.....I have a veritable collection of TRS-80 models in storage.

Folding goodness here I come!
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I had forgotten all about the Tandy!!! I used to work at radioshack a few years back. We had people coming in all the time trying to order parts for those. :p
 
Spectre said:
Wow a reverse e-penis bragging party...what have I missed!

Have that still boot and run IBM XT 4.77mhz 8088, 10mb HDD, 640k RAM, dual 5 1/4's, and MS-DOS v2.1.


And a IBM XT Turbo 8mhz 8088, 20 mb HDD, 640k RAM, 5 1/4, upgraded to a 3 1/2, and MS-DOS v2.1.

Then there are the Tandy's.....I have a veritable collection of TRS-80 models in storage.

Folding goodness here I come!
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Unfortunely you would need at least a 386 to have 32bit capabilities though.

Anyone have a 386 SX 12? That would be the slowest machine that could possibly fold(if the binary supports 386 instructions.) The SX 386 model is a 32 bit chip that will run on 16 bit bus 286 boards.
 
I will sell you an old HP Pavilion PC already overclocked from 75Mhz to 90Mhz if you are interested. ;)
 
P-75 running *nix might be good for a router. I've got a P-120 tablet that I've thought about running FAH on, but the heat/performance ratio is poor. It does run surprisingly quick with 98Lite installed (Win98 with web integration stripped out), and works great for portable web surfing. Hmm...I have an i-Opener that's sitting around and runs XP (for small values of the word runs), is 200 more MHz worth it?
 
I have a garage full of old pcs 75mhz boxen to 150mhz a bunch of 150s and 133 pentiums that I'm sure will be the best for this s illy old school pc project

so anyway they moslty have 16 megs of ram and I could add more from some of them to make them have 32 or so...

and Ive been messing with getting linux to run on these... seams I will have to install linux on the hardrives because of the lack of RAM the live CDS won't boot for me..

I'm trying DSL right now and downloaded a few others to try

any suggestions would be great

note: I plan on first having about 8 of these machines running F@H cause I have a spare 8 port hub I can use for them..... just gonna stack them up in the basementif I can get this linux working...
 
Ibanez3434 said:
Lol, yea I remember the seti days...

I had 2 P i200's searching away, had to explain to everybody who walked in tho...

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Think they'll ever find anything?

Maybe we should start a DC project to find Osama. I guess the NSA is already keeping tabs on their electronic communications though.
 
What the hell are you guys talking about, my main box is a 75 MHz. Took me three minutes to type this. :p

 
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