:: 04-Jan-2000 02:10 (Tuesday) ::
Build 451 of the Mac OS client will be hitting an FTP site near you in
the very near future. A quick version of the release notes follows.
We’ve gone 68K! The 68K client is identical in function to its faster
PowerPC brethen (as well as every other distributed.net client). The 68K
client can participate in the CSC contest. Don ‘Dakidd’ Bruder is the
brain & fingers behind latest addition to our family of clients.
The current CSC G4 core has been sped up by 70% in build 451, without
using Velocity Engine enhancements. Our CSC bitslicer is chasing tail at
college; he’s obviously not having much success, or else he would be on
the Net more. (Or is that backwards?)
Misc bugfixes: random blocks are generated again, and the timestaping is
now correct. G4s choose the proper core, and ‘Benchmark All’ benchmarks
all the available cores. As always, send all new bugs to bugzilla.