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Originally posted by wolram
is anyone linked to the seti program?
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Yes, there are currently 4,533,948 seti@home users including several on this forum.
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what is the minimum computer requirments?
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For Windows systems (95/98/NT) you'll need a computer with at least 32 MB of RAM, the ability to display 8-bit graphics in 800x600 resolution, 10 MB of disk space, and an Internet connection (dialup is OK). For Macintosh systems you'll need the above, as well as a PowerPC processor and Mac OS 7.5.5 or later. You can use SETI@home on a laptop that is connected sporadically. We also support many versions of UNIX, including Linux on various CPUs. We hope to eventually support other systems such as OS/2 and BeOS. We won't support WebTV. There are no CPU speed or modem speed requirements. It doesn't matter where in the world you live.
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is computer safe when in use by seti?
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Yes. Of course if you have an always-on internet connection, you should take the proper precautions, but the seti@home software doesn't connect unless it needs to send/receive data and you can set it to ask you to connect when it needs to, or automatically.
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/