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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
Message-Id: <199703012052.PAA01536@dyson.iquest.net>
Subject: Re: RSA 56-bit key challenge
To: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich)
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 15:52:07 -0500 (EST)
Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199703012038.PAA01209@crh.cl.msu.edu> from "Charles Henrich" at Mar 1, 97 03:38:32 pm
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> > >
> > > In lists.freebsd.chat you write:
> > >
> > > >> On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Amancio Hasty wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I also saw Dyson's box PPro 233 Mhz clocking at 352k ...
> > > >>
> > > >I'll be running my machine at nights and when I am away.  You
> > > >know that kernel work does necessitate lots of reboots at
> > > >times (especially when I work on it :-)).
> > >
> > > How does one get 233 Mhz out of a PPro system?
> > >
> > I am running a Supermicro P6DNF (hope to add another processor
> > when the single-processor work dies down, to assist in the SMP
> > work/optimization.)  The P6DNF has the following jumpers (from the 'net'):
> >
> 
> Im assuming you twiddled the jumpers to get the higher rate, what gives you
> confidence that your not going to smoke your CPU? :)
> 
The processor isn't running hot, and additionally, most of the CPUs will
work at 233.  I don't suggest that other's do it, but I do :-).  When running
benchmarks, I either back the speed down to 200MHz or clearly state the
freq that I am running at.

John

John