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   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:48:23 +0100, David_B  wrote:   
      
   > On 27/04/2020 00:32, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> David_B wrote:   
   >>> I've downloaded BOINC and installed it on my old iMac.   
   >>>   
   >> How old is your iMac?   
   >   
   > Mid-2007 - 24"  Now fitted with 500GB Solid State SATA Drive   
   >   
   > iMac7,1    6GB RAM  Running OS X El Capitan   
      
   Can you see in Boinc what speed it says about your CPU?  Tools menu, run CPU   
   benchmarks.  Then go to tools, event log.  I get this on one of mine:   
      
   Mon, 27/4/2020 08:16:42 PM |  | Number of CPUs: 6   
   Mon, 27/4/2020 08:16:42 PM |  | 5069 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU   
   Mon, 27/4/2020 08:16:42 PM |  | 14441 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU   
      
   >>> I chose Rosetta@home  but I'm not certain what further action I should   
   >>> take. How can I tell if my machine is being used?   
   >>   
   >> There's a screensaver; you can watch it work.   
   >   
   > Thanks, Mike. I'm watching right now! :-)   
      
   I'm wondering if that wastes computing power that could be doing the   
   calculations faster.   
      
   >> https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/rah/rah_graphics.php  Quick guide to   
   >> Rosetta and its graphics   
   >>   
   >> https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/apps.php  Intel 64-bit Mac OS 10.11   
   >> or later   
      
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