Computers in Parallel

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Sat Mar 20 02:59:42 1999

>> I think you should do it. I have a batch of Mac IIfx and I may try a
>> parallel arrangement with them one of my friends told me about.
>>
>> As an experiment lots is to be learned from this. I don't however have any
>> plans to "use" it.
>>
>> For a start I suggest looking at some of the encryption cracking efforts.
>
>Well, I haven't heard of Beowulf being implemented under MacLinux.

Hmmm Beowulf sounds like what my friend said. Whatever the name this was
something that either started on, or was immediately ported to the IIfx
platform for some reason (a real reason, not the rhetorical "for some
reason").
Received on Sat Mar 20 1999 - 02:59:42 GMT