From:	Chrome Tiger chrome@********.org
Subject:	[OT] Distributed.net update
Date:	Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:23:39 -0400

> On the various UNIX systems I have tried it seems that SETI
> and RC5 do well together, both sharing the CPU time equally.
> However, on Windows systems SETI hogs the CPU time. RC5 plays
> nicely in the Windows environment as it should. Therefore, I
> think one should be very careful when running SETI on Windows
> since any other background/system process seems to suffer when
> SETI is running.
>
> (Unfortunately the Dead Decker's Society lost two places
> (now 603) last night. We need more processing!)

Actually, what a lot of people do not know is that you can run the NT
Command Shell SETI client under Win9x and skip the overhead of the graphics
interface. I nearly doubled my output by doing so. Runs like a charm.

CT