What is the lowest CPU cracking rc5?

[IJump]

I would assume it is a linux/klinux based machine. I have a bunch of older machines (around 90) that I could probably get running, but they are all sloooooowwwwwwww.

 

[phule]

This is kind of a rehashed thread but here goes:

for intel the slowest you can get is a 386 SX, any MHz will do. 286's don't do the 32-bit instructions you need for rc5.

i don't know about alpha or motorola procs...the lower limit is 32-bit instructions though (emulated or otherwise)


I should say that I had a 386/16 running for about a month. 5K/sec which is about 15 hours for a single 2**28 work unit. This was on a simple DOS boot disk with the client exe in the autoexec.bat

 

[dennilfloss]

I have a few 486s in my herd. Every block cracked counts. It all adds up in the end.

 

[Kilowatt]

phule,
Put an ISA nic in that 386, and boot Klinux.
I'm sure it'll up the rate to at least 6Kkeys/sec. <<hehe>>

 

[Nohr]

I've got a 386DX 25 running Dos 6.22 which gets a little over 16Kk/s. With turbo off it gets around 5Kk/s. It's got an ISA NIC in it now, maybe I should try out Klinux on it.

 

[Kilowatt]

Actually Klinux doesn't have support for anything lower than a 486

 

[IJump]

Thanks guys. Now to get back to the school next week and get those computers cracking.

 

[Ken g6]

I may have you all beat. I've got a 486/8MHz cracking for me. There's something wrong with its mobo, so the Turbo switch has no effect. When it's on, it submits 1-2 blocks a day.

 

[SuperKen!]

<< I may have you all beat. I've got a 486/8MHz cracking for me. >>



Just wondering, dont you think that is a waste of electricity??

 

[Jarhead]

Intel 386dx 20MHz 7,942 keys/sec

Motorola 68000 16MHz 1,036 keys/sec

Power PC 750 G3 40MHz 27,000 keys/sec

ARM 250 12MHz 11,750 keys/sec

 

[Train]

<< I would assimilate the computer in my car that controls the transmission if someone wrote a client for it >>

thats the spirit, i think id assimilate anything that has electrons flowing, if there were just some more clients out there.

 

[Ken g6]

SuperKen, it's not a waste of electricity, because it's not my computer. It's used in one office of my high school (sometimes). Since I'm not there anymore, though, I have no control over when it's on or off. But it's not wasting cycles!

 

[maestr0]

lemme see if I can break into the smithsonian and assimilate eniac.