Thread 'Not downloading work (no work available for platform)'

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old_user177707 Send message Joined: 22 Mar 06 Posts: 1 Credit: 0 RAC: 0	Message 21520 - Posted: 23 Mar 2006, 9:01:41 UTC I signed up for this project yesterday after having been processing for both seti and einstein for quite a while now. Created an account, downloaded and installed the lib files for my mac, attached successfully in Boinc manager but every time I try to download some work I get a message saying \'No work available. Work is available for other platforms\' Is this usual or have I done something wrong? Any advice would be a great help. Thanks ID: 21520 · Reply Quote

Andrew Hingston Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 17 Aug 04 Posts: 753 Credit: 9,804,700 RAC: 0	Message 21522 - Posted: 23 Mar 2006, 9:27:13 UTC The team have not been able to get the latest experiments to run under the Mac OS. But Mac could run the sulphur experiment, which is still current, and I have not seen anything from the team on whether they will be generating new WUs for Mac users there. It\'s worth remaining attached and to keep an eye on the boards for an announcement. The devs are overstretched as always, and lack of response should not be taken negatively. ID: 21522 · Reply Quote

old_user178418 Send message Joined: 25 Mar 06 Posts: 2 Credit: 0 RAC: 0	Message 21691 - Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 22:37:02 UTC - in response to Message 21522. But Mac could run the sulphur experiment, which is still current,... When one signs up for CPDN (the one here, not the BBC or Seasonal spinoffs), is one automatically able to get these? Or does one have do change one\'s profile? (I sound like Cobalt. I\'ve been running SETI and Einstein, I got a G5, and now I\'d like to run some CPDN WU\'s. However, I can\'t get a WU. I have a G5 2.3GHz that stays on, so a Sulphur model should be OK on mine. ) Thank you. ID: 21691 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 21692 - Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 22:53:42 UTC Not being a part of the \'core team\', I can only guess. But I think that the supply of data sets for the Mac model has been allowed to run down. Some of the few people running Macs have posted on the Mac board that their models kept crashing. The Mac software is still on the downloads page, but the technical requirements has been removed from the Tech_faq page. Not much else I can say, except: perhaps in the future. ID: 21692 · Reply Quote

Andrew Hingston Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 17 Aug 04 Posts: 753 Credit: 9,804,700 RAC: 0	Message 21741 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 15:59:01 UTC Carl, the project chief software engineer has now said that there will be no further work for the Mac OS. \'We have all the slabs & sulphurs we\'ll need and it would just be a waste of electricity. I\'m afraid the only hope for CPDN Mac\'s in the future would be Intel Macs: (a) if I can ever convince anyone to get us one and (b) if we ever have the time, although from what I\'ve heard it should be a lot similar to our Linux builds since Intel Fortran for the Mac is available (Intel Fortran is what we use on Windows & Linux)\' ID: 21741 · Reply Quote

old_user47023 Send message Joined: 30 Jan 05 Posts: 1 Credit: 648,055 RAC: 0	Message 22241 - Posted: 21 Apr 2006, 1:24:42 UTC - in response to Message 21741. Carl, the project chief software engineer has now said that there will be no further work for the Mac OS. \'We have all the slabs & sulphurs we\'ll need and it would just be a waste of electricity. I\'m afraid the only hope for CPDN Mac\'s in the future would be Intel Macs: (a) if I can ever convince anyone to get us one and (b) if we ever have the time, although from what I\'ve heard it should be a lot similar to our Linux builds since Intel Fortran for the Mac is available (Intel Fortran is what we use on Windows & Linux)\' that is unfortunate. cpdn was an interesting project. guess we mac users will take our wasted electricity elsewhere. ID: 22241 · Reply Quote

old_user193067 Send message Joined: 16 Jul 06 Posts: 3 Credit: 0 RAC: 0	Message 23634 - Posted: 17 Jul 2006, 1:59:25 UTC - in response to Message 22241. Carl, the project chief software engineer has now said that there will be no further work for the Mac OS. \'We have all the slabs & sulphurs we\'ll need and it would just be a waste of electricity. I\'m afraid the only hope for CPDN Mac\'s in the future would be Intel Macs: (a) if I can ever convince anyone to get us one and (b) if we ever have the time, although from what I\'ve heard it should be a lot similar to our Linux builds since Intel Fortran for the Mac is available (Intel Fortran is what we use on Windows & Linux)\' that is unfortunate. cpdn was an interesting project. guess we mac users will take our wasted electricity elsewhere. Fritz - I have a Mac question for you. If you see this post, please e-mail me chuy@infopioneers.com. Thank you, Brad ID: 23634 · Reply Quote