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iMac Beowulf Cluster Comes to Life

Posted by timothy on from the taste-the-rainbow dept.

AmigaAvenger writes "Finally a good use for all those old IMacs that many organizations have laying around collecting dust. We have set up a 5 node (4+1 controller) iMac beowulf cluster, which is appropriately named Skittles, and is running PPC Yellowdog Linux, with MPICH 1.2.6 cluster message passing software."

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  1. Re:I still have ask... by GoodbyeBlueSky1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sometimes I think slashdot editors approve submissions solely for ACs to regurgitate those typical slashdot idiot jokes.

    Up next...a retrospective story about a guy who blew his nose a few decades ago in Soviet Russia.

    To which someone will respond...

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    why? forty-two.