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Where Can I download a copy of Super Pi of Tiger?
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I tried that, and Finder said that it couldn't find the spesified location.
I tried that, and Finder said that it couldn't find the spesified location.
I think Finder lied. Or that the server was temporarily down. It works for me. Is this where you went: ftp://pi.super-computing.org ?
This is starange, becasue no matter what FTP server I connect to, it says the same thing, that it cannot be found at the address given. And I just was able to log into an FTP server from one of my PC Laptops running XP. I then tried it on my mini, and it said that it coudn't be found. Also, I have been able to connect to the FTP I tried on my Bondie Blue, running Panther 10.3.9.
And if you connect using the terminal:
ftp pi.super-computing.org
Does that work?
ftp pi.super-computing.org
Does that work?
yes. That works. now how do I download files?
1. "ftp pi.super-computing.org" <enter>
2. enter "anonymous" as user. <enter>
3. leave password blank. <enter>
4. type "cd Mac_OSX"<enter>
5. type "get super_pi.tar.gz /Users/<my user_name>/superpi.tar.gz"<enter>
The quotations marks above surround what you should type. Don't type the quotation marks themselves.
Replace <my username> with your login name.
2. enter "anonymous" as user. <enter>
3. leave password blank. <enter>
4. type "cd Mac_OSX"<enter>
5. type "get super_pi.tar.gz /Users/<my user_name>/superpi.tar.gz"<enter>
The quotations marks above surround what you should type. Don't type the quotation marks themselves.
Replace <my username> with your login name.
Thanks! That worked perfectly! Now I just need to figure out how to use it. Does anyone know how?
No idea! Good luck!
You asked for something you don't know how to use? How did you know you needed it then?
As near as I can figure, it seems that you run it with 1 parameter, the number of digits of pi you want to time the calculation of expressed as a power of 2.
So if you type super_pi 8 you'll get pi to 256 digits. 10 and you'll get pi to 1024 digits. It goes all the way up to 2 to the 25th.
BTW, with apps running in the background it takes this dual 2.7 approximately 31 seconds to calculate pi to 20 digits.
As near as I can figure, it seems that you run it with 1 parameter, the number of digits of pi you want to time the calculation of expressed as a power of 2.
So if you type super_pi 8 you'll get pi to 256 digits. 10 and you'll get pi to 1024 digits. It goes all the way up to 2 to the 25th.
BTW, with apps running in the background it takes this dual 2.7 approximately 31 seconds to calculate pi to 20 digits.
ok, thanks. I needed it, becasue I have the Windows version. But that is slow! my PC will do 16,000 digits in under 1 seccond. It is an AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Running @ 1.541GHz with 640MB Ram, and 3GB vurtual Ram! 🙂
with apps running in the background it takes this dual 2.7 approximately 31 seconds to calculate pi to 20 digits.
You do mean 2^20 digits, don't you? That is 1048576.
Yes. You are correct, sir. That is exactly what I meant.
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