Re: [MLUG] Help with computing project

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Michael Procter wrote:
> 
> Okay, you've got all my spare Linux cycles now.  Does it work effectively over a
> dialup connection that has to be redialed every few hours?
> 

OK, instead of me rewriting the program (quite a bit of work), easier is
to run 2 or 3 instances of the program.  So type
./darts-client ; ./darts-client ; ./darts-client
That way, when one program finishes, most likely one of the others will
not have done so.  By the time the other program finishes the first one
may have aquired data from the server and will be running again.

It depends upon how fast your computer is.  A 700Mhz computer seems to
take about an hour to do one problem.  So it you have a 200Mhz computer
that will be about 3 hours.  So if you dial in once every 3 hours, 2
instances of the program should be plenty.

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Stephen Montgomery-Smith
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