a little experiment with old hardware
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Send message Joined: 14 Dec 08 Posts: 2 Credit: 1,601,042 RAC: 0 
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As an experiment and just for kicks, I put back together an old Pentium 233MMX system to compare its performance against modern day ARM based phones/micro computers. After a bit of a struggle to find a modern Linux distribution that would run on this CPU, I've settled for Crunchbang Linux. This is the host ID: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=71378 I've let it run and complete one task: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/result.php?resultid=16682295 It took about 115 hours to complete but that doesn't look so bad compared to my Pocket TV (Cortex A9 @ 1GHz http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=66368) that takes about 50 to 60 hours per task on average. ID: 50693 ·  |
 David S Send message Joined: 10 Sep 13 Posts: 1187 Credit: 2,791,507 RAC: 0 
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As an experiment and just for kicks, I put back together an old Pentium 233MMX system to compare its performance against modern day ARM based phones/micro computers. After a bit of a struggle to find a modern Linux distribution that would run on this CPU, I've settled for Crunchbang Linux. I bet it uses a ton more electricity, though! David signature sent back to alpha testing ID: 50697 · |
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Send message Joined: 14 Dec 08 Posts: 2 Credit: 1,601,042 RAC: 0
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Haha, that's for sure, you're right. It has now been put to rest. ID: 50701 · |
 Send message Joined: 11 Dec 09 Posts: 74 Credit: 1,248,766 RAC: 0
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As an experiment and just for kicks, I put back together an old Pentium 233MMX system to compare its performance against modern day ARM based phones/micro computers. After a bit of a struggle to find a modern Linux distribution that would run on this CPU, I've settled for Crunchbang Linux. Your ARM runs about the same as the PIII 850MHz I still have running. ID: 50761 · |
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