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View Full Version : Contili clusters now a reality. C64 clusters anyone?

redrumloa
03-05-2005, 11:12 PM
/. link (http://slashdot.org/articles/05/03/05/1341206.shtml?tid=126&tid=193)

Obviously, the Contiki website (http://www.sics.se/~adam/contiki/) is currently down, it has been slashdotted. :lol:
redrumloa
03-06-2005, 08:18 AM
:bump:

Posted at ~1AM, bumped for the morning crowd;-)
whabang
03-06-2005, 08:27 AM
That really is cool! Now we want CGI-effects for the next Lucas Arts-movie, all made on a cluster consisting of 512 C64s!
bloodline
03-06-2005, 08:45 AM
whabang wrote:
That really is cool! Now we want CGI-effects for the next Lucas Arts-movie, all made on a cluster consisting of 512 C64s!

You do realise just how long it would take to render a single frame, with only 512 C64's... right :-D
Ilwrath
03-06-2005, 12:55 PM
Hmm... By my calculations, a 512 node cluster of C64's should be about as powerful as my PDA. :-)

But, seriously, Contiki has some impressive cool features. I'll have to check this part out, and try it, just to believe it.
SamuraiCrow
03-06-2005, 01:13 PM
I used to think putting a RamBoard in a couple 1541 disk drives would make a good cluster since the disk drive's processor is just as powerful as the computer it's connected to. :-)
Argo
03-06-2005, 02:30 PM
Why limit one's self to 512 machines. Surely, using the new DTV 64 joysticks would be a much more effient use of space.
I wonder how many I could fit into a 10ftx10ftx7ft room. It could be called Big Tiki!
DFergATL
03-06-2005, 02:44 PM
bloodline wrote:

whabang wrote:
That really is cool! Now we want CGI-effects for the next Lucas Arts-movie, all made on a cluster consisting of 512 C64s!

You do realise just how long it would take to render a single frame, with only 512 C64's... right :-D

Well that might give him time to do something interesting like come up with a plot.
bloodline
03-07-2005, 08:42 AM
DFergATL wrote:

bloodline wrote:

whabang wrote:
That really is cool! Now we want CGI-effects for the next Lucas Arts-movie, all made on a cluster consisting of 512 C64s!

You do realise just how long it would take to render a single frame, with only 512 C64's... right :-D

Well that might give him time to do something interesting like come up with a plot.

George Lucas... a plot... surely you jest!