Saad,
Old PC's can be
combined to make a super computer.
I've heard about that but I wonder whether it is a practical idea. The
controlling software that would assign parts of the computing task to various
computers would have to be vary sophisticated. Then
there would be the distances between computers. It would probably be better
to just use the
system cards otherwise all those old power supplies would consume lots of
energy and there'd be
the problem of varying power supply connectors and voltage requirements,
maybe some kind
of bus communication would be necessary to avoid port bottlenecks. It would
certainly be a
good project for some IT students but I think the work involved in making it
happen in a
real world situation would more than cancel most benefits.
But then I could be wrong, wouldn't be the first or last time.
Jim
