On 30/03/2020 09:51, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 10:25, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote: > >>> Unfortunately, that machine seems to be stuck waiting for the >>> server(s) to let it download anything. I presume they are prioritising >>> higher-specification machines. >> Maybe. One snippet of #dorset says >> >> > folding@home ran out of work for me. I resumed boinc telling it to >> > only work when idle (f@h runs regardless when there's folding to >> > be done) >> >> That's one nice thing about WCG, you can set it to only do the >> project/s you want, but to give you work for any others if they >> don't have any. I'm not sure if BOINC its self can do that. >> >> I don't use any of them so have no insight. >> > (The 'I resumed boinc' was me) > > I've not seen rosetta@home waiting for work units yet so I'm not sure what > would cause it. Although, I'm only running it when folding@home is idle. I > only have a single fairly low powered dual-CPU (Turion) machine spare to > use, which I notice comes very far down this list: > https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/cpu_list.php > > Nice article here, folding@home the main focus, which mentions back-offs > when requesting new work: > https://www.extremetech.com/computing/308332-foldinghome-crushes-exascale-barrier-now-faster-than-dozens-of-supercomputers > > The Folding@home project definitely seems better at publicity. :-) > > Also WCG is World Community Grid, not currently researching COVID-19 > specifically: > https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/viewAllProjects.do > > Tim. > */
For a really slow CPU, look up the AMD E1-1200 APU in that list :) That's the CPU in my old laptop. It's basically the bottom of the pile! Hamish
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