[G4] Multi Macs

[Philip J Robar]

On Nov 22, 2006, at 8:18 AM, Eric Buczynski wrote:

> I recall seeing a video on YouTube where this University hooked up
> hundreds of Mac G5s using nodes (I think) and chained them together in
> order to combine the processing power of all those Macs chained
> together. I also remember a small sidebar in an old MacAddict Magazine
> showing another school had done something similar using G4s. Now I  
> have
> 2 G4 Digital Audio models with one being a Sonnet-upgraded 1.2 ghz
> machine, the other being a 733 mhz machine. Would I need a PCI card of
> some sort to achieve combining them together in order to form a faster
> machine? For those of you that laughed at my question I hope your
> coffee or hot chocolate shot out of your nose as you read it, haha. I
> appreciate all help and i hope that everyone has a safe and filling
> Thanksgiving.

This is known as clustering and is only useful for programs that are  
specially written to take advantage of the cluster. For more info take  
a look a Apple's Xgrid software, which is one of easiest clustering  
solutions. Google on "xgrid" and skim through the top few hits.


Phil