PRIMEOS2.EXE

This is the OS/2 version of the Mersenne prime program by George
Woltman.  

Version 3.3.1 contains the functionality of the 18.1.2 version of
George's program for Linux (mprime). It has full PRIMENET support
(including the proxy-support with or without basic authentication). 
For more information see the readme.txt and whatsnew.txt files of the 
Linux version included in this archive.

NOTE for those upgrading from a previos version.
The menu items have changed numbers because of the new Testing/ECM

Changes
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3/4/99
3.3.1	Ported mprime version 3.3.1
	All users of PRIMEOS2 3.2.x should upgrade to this version since it
	corrects a serious bug in the LL testsing code.

27/3/99
3.2.3	Added priority 0  (default stays 1)
	At least on my system priority 0 does not function good, but there 
	are reports that total system performance was better with prio 0 
	in stead of 1

26/12/98
3.2.2	Removed the bug that CTRL-C was only possible once.

24/12/98
3.2.1	Ported the V17 release of MPRIME to OS/2
	ECM code included
	Introduced basic proxy authetication
	Removed a bug which left sockets open

03/08/98
3.1.4   Bug fixed for Cyrix factoring

28/05/98
3.1.3	Bug fixed in the factoring code

27/05/98
3.1.2	The 64 bit factoring code is now operational too!!
	A bug which caused the 62 bit factoring to fail removed.

24/05/98
3.1.0	Ported the V16 release of MPRIME to OS/2
	The 64 bit factoring code however is not yet included.
	But new LL test routines are include.

13/05/98
3.0.4	Small non-fatal bug removed

10/05/98
3.0.3	Removed the EMX dependency so it should now run also on SOCKS 
	systems.

30/04/98
3.0.2   Changed the way network availability is checked, never released
	to the public

26/04/98
3.0.1	Updated the factoring code to support AMD K6

19/04/98
3.0	First port of mprime 15.4.2 for OS/2


System requirements
===================

OS/2 WARP or newer is required.

OS/2 specifics
==============

To determine whether a network is available I am using the HOST
utility, which is part of the OS/2 network software. I assume it to be
in the PATH. If this does not work at your site, please contact me.

The setting of priorities has been changed and is now equivalent to
the Linux version.  Priorities range from 1-10. Priorities 1-9 all run
in IDLE_TIME priority with the 'delta' evenly distributed between 1
and 31. Priority 10 is REGULAR priority, the default priority for
programs on OS/2. Unless you have a good reason leave the priority on
1, this guarantees the least intereference with normal operation. Note
that changing the priority is only effective until after a restart of
the program.

QUESTIONS
=========

If you have questions or suggestions about OS/2 specific features of
the program you can reach me at:

mfvl@xs4all.nl

The latest version of the program can be found at:

http://www.dds.nl/~mfvl/primeos2.html