What's New: New Features in Version 16.x of Prime95
NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 16.x of PRIME95.EXE
New Features in Version 16.5 of Prime95
A new httpnet.dll can provide Scott Kurowski with debugging information. Simply
create a primenet.ini file with these lines:
[Debug]
PacketLog=1
Output file is pnHttp.txt.
The old network retry time has been replaced by two settings. The modem retry
time (default 2 minutes) controls how often prime95 polls your modem to see if
you are connected to the Internet. The network retry time (default 60 minutes)
controls how long prime95 waits after a failed attempt to contact the server.
A timestamp and program version number is written to the prime.log file.
You can now switch between HTTP-based and RPC-based PrimeNet protocols from
the Test/Primenet dialog box.
New Features in Version 16.4 of Prime95
Lucas-Lehmer testing output now shows percent complete.
Windows NT users can now set processor affinity on multi-CPU systems.
ECM factoring is available for small exponents. See
http://www.mersenne.org/ecm.htm
for a list of exponents that need factoring.
A bug that prevented 486 & Cyrix machines from factoring above 2^62 has been
fixed.
The LockUserInfo feature no longer sends user info every time prime95 starts
up.
A bug in setting minimized or maximized window in a shortcut to prime95 is
fixed.
Test/Status now shows expected completion dates.
New features in Version 16.3 of Prime95
The LockUserInfo=1 setting is now sent to the server so that no member of
a team can accidentally transfer the credit for work previously performed by the
team.
New features in Version 16.2 of Prime95
Bug in calculating estimated time to factor a number has been fixed.
New features in Version 16.1 of Prime95
Prime95 can now test exponents up to 20.5 million.
Prime95 can now find factors up to 2^64.
The program now reports to the PrimeNet server new completion dates every
28 days (actually user adjustable from 1 to 60 days). This will improve the reclaiming
of exponents that are not being actively tested.
The program now reports the current iteration number to the server for more
informative status reports.
Intermediate files are now less likely to fail. If an error occurs during
the writing of an intermediate file, the program continues on trying to write
the intermediate file every 10 minutes.
A bug in the rolling average code has been fixed. Prime95 now modifies the
rolling average when factoring too.
The prime.log file is now limited in size to 256K bytes.
The user information dialog box now has a checkbox to tell the server not
to send email.
Setting LockUserInfo=1 in prime.ini will make the user information dialog
box inaccessible.
Trying to run a second copy of prime95 will now start the already running
copy of prime95. This makes the Hide Icon feature a bit more useful.