Re: project BIG AppleCrate

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On Jan 1, 8:17 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> aiiad...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Dec 30 2007, 9:39 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> >>When I'm using my AppleCrate, I find that I frequently look at the
> >>network activity light and the individual 'Crate machine "send" lights.
> >>The patterns are sometimes quite useful for debugging, as is plugging
> >>a video monitor into various 'Crate machines to see what they're doing.
>
> > these I/O indicators could be added to the internet interface in the
> > future.
>
> An interesting problem in itself...

An uninteresting problem isn't something I want to find the answer
to..


> >>They are especially useful for observing that a setup is working as
> >>intended.  ;-)
>
> > Hopefully the network I set up here will be working properly!
>
> It's not hard to get the physical setup working, but when a
> parallel program is run, there are lots of "logical" problems
> that can occur--in fact, that's when you learn the most.  ;-)


For sure!  I'm very interested in parallel programming,



> >>I very frequently keep a monitor plugged into 'Crate machine #2--the
> >>Message Server--since it displays a dynamic histogram of the lengths
> >>of each of the queues it is handling.  This would not be easily
> >>"exported" to a remote user.
>



> 40-column text screen.  A message server needs all the space
> it can muster.  ;-)

ok, so the ammount of data isn't the problem...

> Typically, it's being updated 20-50 times per second, so when
> I said "dynamic" I wasn't kidding.  ;-)

But the speed of transmitting and displaying the data is..

I'll get it to work and if nothing else, it'll be a fun project
getting it to interface with the internet.

Rich