At 9:05 -0600 3/19/06, John Foust wrote: Which is of course right on the button. I have to say, there's very little way I could justify the use of kWh on either of the two projects, if the alternative is having the machine off. But for people wanting to do something with their classics, I assume the electricity has proven not to be a major consideration. And certainly for any already-running and on-line VAXen, that must be the case. Something I hadn't considered, though, is whether classic hardware burns less current "idle". I knew about sleep mode on my G4 laptop using less power; at what generation did that become prevalent? At 9:05 -0600 3/19/06, Dan wrote: The cryptography and Optimal Golomb Ruler projects *should* be integer, but I don't know how the algorithms are implemented. -- - Mark Cell Phone: 210-379-4635 office: 210-522-6025