The times for the standardized workunit available through Ars Technica on my iMac Rev B 160 MB RAM (VM off) and SETI 3, blanking screen after 5 minutes:
No modifications: 23 hours 15 minutes
With RAM Disk at 1280 KB: 20 hours 56 minutes
With RAM Disk and XLR8 MACh Speed Control setting cache speed at 155 MHz (3:2): 18 hours 9 minutes
With RAM Disk, XLR8, and LibMotoSh: 14 hours 17 minutes
As it turns out, the standardized workunit is a rather "boring" one. After the testing, I get a workunit that SETI 3 thinks is "interesting"--it's spent almost 18 hours to get through 88% with all the modifications.
Previous versions of SETI would spend longer on "interesting" workunits and less time on "boring", but the time difference between "interesting" and "boring" was about 10% on a 16 hour 48 minute average. Now the difference is probably nearer to 50%, due to the extra analysis on the "interesting" workunits.
Those still hiding out using 2.04, the day of reckoning is nigh. Next week, you'll either have to convert to 3 or quit. Rack up workunits while you still can.
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I do run SETI as a hidden background application (it's good to have 160 MB), that's causing me to lose time per workunit, but I get more workunits done because my iMac is constantly being used.
The previous versions of SETI did not multi-task well, and it was always irritating my wife. With SETI 3, she doesn't even know it's running. She asked, "What happened, did you get pissed at them? I noticed that SETI isn't running." "How do you know that?" "My typing is no longer jumpy like it is when SETI's running." When I showed her it was running, she said, "It's about time you fixed it so it didn't interfere with my work."
If you are a Science-type person, do *NOT* marry an English teacher. (Off-topic, but good advice.)
[This message has been edited by Danometer (edited 10-10-2000).]
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