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- --==| PRIME NUMBER GENERATOR v1.3 |==--
-
- By Jawed Karim <Jawed.Karim-1@umn.edu> and Paul Damer
-
-
- [What's New]
- ============
-
- Prime v1.3 has a few minor upgrades such as improved executables and a few
- small changes to the output.
-
- MACPRIME is no longer part of this distribution. The person who ported it for
- me is unreachable and couldn't take care of the recent upgrades. If you would
- like to contribute with a PowerPC native version of Prime, please contact me.
- All pre-compiled executables, except PRIME_SX, are optimized for 486DX.
-
- [PRIMEDOS.EXE, PRIME_SX.EXE]
- ============================
-
- MS-DOS version of PRIME. Uses 32bit DOS extender CWSDPMI to use all of the
- available memory. PRIME_SX is for included for people using 486/386 SX's.
- Compiler: djgpp (beta3)
-
-
- [PRIMEOS2.EXE]
- ==============
-
- OS/2 Warp version of PRIME. Runs in a full-screen session only for maximum
- speed. Compiler: EMX GCC v0.9b
- In order to run PRIMEOS2.EXE, you need the EMX Runtime version v0.9b. Ftp to:
-
- ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/emx09b/emxrt.zip
-
-
- [PRIMELIN]
- ==========
-
- Linux version of PRIME. Tested only under Linux Slackware 1.2.13. This is by
- far the fastest (and smallest) executable included here, compared to DOS and
- OS/2 on the same machine. Compiler: GCC v2.7.0
-
-
- [HISTORY]
- =========
-
- prime.zip
- First release, contained only one DOS executable for DX's.
-
- prime10.zip
- Contained new DOS executable for SX's as well as an OS/2 port.
-
- prime10a.zip
- New: Macintosh port (runs rather slowly).
-
- prime11.zip
- Improved code, lets user start at any point. OS/2 port significantly
- accelerated, speed increase of about 29%.
-
- prime11a.zip
- Modified OS/2 executable, runs in FULLSCREEN only.
-
- prime12.zip
- Prime v1.2 has been updated to include a Linux executable, which is
- very fast. The MAXIMUM allowed number that PRIME can display has
- been raised, from 2,147,483,647 to 1.8 X 10^308, that should be
- enough for most people.
-
- prime13.zip
- See [What's New]
-
- [REDIRECTING OUTPUT]
- ====================
-
- You can redirect PRIME's output from the screen to a file by using the
- following syntax:
-
- prime > outputfile
-
- You will have to enter the start number, and then hit enter. Everything will
- be written to the file, so your screen will be blank. PRIME runs *much*
- faster if its output is redirected to a file.
-
- --------------
- Visit the author's homepage at:
- http://umn.edu/~kari0022
-
-