SETI@home DCer's how do you chew yours?

[vibe666]

OK guys, posting a poll to find out what client people are using to crunch their seti@home work units.

let me know if you're using something different than what I have listed and I'll try to get it added to the poll.

***viBe***
Why not put your PC's idle time to good use by downloading the seti@home client HERE (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/windows.html) and then joining the Sysopt.com Users 2002 Team HERE (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cgi?cmd=team_lookup&name=Sysopt.com+Users+2002)

UPDATE: Ask users here about the command line client. its not nearly as pretty but its much faster :D

[madfish]

cmd line with seti driver on the duallie sever under 2000pro. and I use the same set up on the 98 boxes too.

[Ape0r]

Command line only with -verbose command to view progress. Took 4:26 to do that first unit, running in the background while surfing, chatting, playing Mp3s and playing Quake III, Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat.

Thats on my Athlon XP 1600+ w/ 512 DDR and Windows XP.
On my Pentium Pro 200 mhz 128 SDRAM and Win2k it takes about six times as long :(. Pwned.

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cgi?email=tetsuo@cox.rr.com&cmd=user_stats_new

[madfish]

Oh sheese people, there's more seti crunching folks in here then this. take the poll and speak up!

Vibe666, light a fire under your team, sheese... :)

Madfish

[Ape0r]

Fo' Sho'

[eFrisky]

I use an old (obviously!) util called SetiBuffer with the cmd line client on my dual system and a couple of other systems here at home.
I'm stuck with a laptop at work, and unfortunately the fan is too noisy for me to bear it's constant running in a fairly quiet office environment... so I don't run SETI at work anymore. Same, when I used to snaffle the power from a couple of Alphas and a half dozen other systems at my old workplace; ah well, I guess all good things come to an end. Maybe I'll get another dual system (or two) for home use!
Spent a fun Sunday running some network cable (it's fun going down a level in the house when you've got to contend with a suspended floor and ceiling - **** it's awkward!). At least all the systems are on the same net and can talk to the outside world now LOL!

[itismike]

Hi Team. Hi Vibe,

It looks like SetiHide is the most popular so far. I think it's a great program and I wish I could continue to run it, but for some reason I get Windows famous B.S.O.D. as soon as it starts, and it seems unrecoverable. I have to reboot.

I've upgraded SetiHide two times in hopes that it would fix this glitch and it still crashes. I posted in the forum provided on Oli's Webpage, but got no replies. I don't want to remove all the programs on my (father's :o ) PC. If anyone is familiar with this type of problem, send me a line.

Keep on crunching, folks!...Someone could be out there! :cool:

-Mike

[eFrisky]

Try SETIbuffer if you're after an alternative. I was pleased, because it supports dual processor systems now :)

http://home.setibuffer.com/

[RampageIII]

Hi, Have you just tried deleting the SETI directory and installed from scratch?? You may just have a few corrupted files that need to be wiped out.
I don't see any registry entries that would cause a problem.
I've been running the client and SETIhide for awhile now without incident, but at one time I did have a problem with winoldapp opening a bunch of times. I just dumped everything and started over.
Write back if you still have problems.





Why not put your PC's idle time to good use by downloading the seti@home client HERE (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/windows.html) and then joining the Sysopt.com Users 2002 Team HERE (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cgi?cmd=team_lookup&name=Sysopt.com+Users+2002) :D

[itismike]

Thanks Rampage. I'll give that a try. I installed setibuffer (thanks, eFrisky), but it seems a little more complicated than I need (I'm a one-processor-at-a-time kind of guy. ;) )

Still crunching, :)

-Mike