dietz%usc-cse%USC-ECL%SRI-NIC@sri-unix.UUCP (01/29/84)
The following appeared in the Jan./Feb. 1984 SSI Update: ---------------- Mass Driver News Yes, Virginia, there is further mass-driver research being done here at SSI. Its local standard-bearer has been indisposed over the last few months [PFD -- working on Geostar] which has hindered the pace of work getting done. But that block has been removed and enw results will appear soon. Our request for help with moving the MD III computer simulation from the Apple to a faster machine and language was answered by a number of very qualified SSI Members and Senior Associates. From those respondents we have asked Mark Senn, a computer consultant in the Chicago area, to have a try at getting the program to run in FORTRAN or Pascal on the Purdue University VAX 11/780s, CDC 6000s, and possibly even their Cyber 205. We have estimated that we will be able to increase the program execution speed by about 10,000 times if we were to use the Cyber 205. After we have a good version of the code running we will send copies of the source code to other volunteers for their comments and suggestions. As for the experimental lab work on the prototype, I hope to get back into the lab for a couple of weeks in January to turn up the power. With the rush and deadline of the Conference last May, we were not able to safely investigate and test the system at full power. When we get results from that work, I'll report them to you here. -- Les Snively ---------------- They were running the simulation on an APPLE? Good grief. Once the program is available it can probably be distributed over the net(s). Who is interested in a copy?
G.MENAGERIE%MIT-EECS@sri-unix.UUCP (01/31/84)
I'm sure that there are many people who would be interested in the
Apple program(me, for one). Do you know where I could get a copy of
it?
Thanks,
Greg McMullan
G.Menagerie@MIT-EECS