Recently we published Introduction to BOINC which said that older computers could be useful for processing Berkeley Open Infrastructure For Network Computing, BOINC, work units. These computers, retrofitted with Linux instead of Windows can contribute to the public good by looking for pulsars in outer space, searching for life on other planets, studying protein folding, [...]
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Old 770Zs Never Die They Just BOINC Away
April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · linux, old computers, thinkpad
Introduction to BOINC
March 7th, 2009 · No Comments · The Press Always Gets it Wrong, linux, old computers, thinkpad
Use the idle time on your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) to cure diseases, study global warming, discover pulsars, and do many other types of scientific research. It’s safe, secure, and easy: Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Well yes downloading and installing the BOINC client software is simple. There is more to this than you might [...]
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Fixing a ThinkPad T30
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · linux, thinkpad
I bought a used ThinkPad T30 on eBay. It did not have the maximum memory (1024MB) so I upgraded. Some months later the computer reported that it had 512MB of memory. What happened? One of the slots had stopped working. Turns out that this is a known problem in ThinkPad T30s and there is a [...]
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