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Low End Mac actively promotes Team Mac Observer (TMO) in the SETI@home project. In addition to regular articles documenting TMO's place in the team standings, we also publish a weekly update examining the Top 20 teams and those moving toward the top 20.

Links

• Team 6100 Update, 2001.12.20. We've completed over 500 units and donated over 5 years of CPU time to SETI@home since May 2000.
• Team 6100 @300 units, SETIonMac, 2001.08.14. Team using old Power Macs has passed the 300 unit mark running SETI@home.
• SETI@home monthly update, 2001.08.01. Sad news - Team Mac Observer has fallen to #26 in the team standings.
• Team 6100 add members, work units, 2001.07.31. Sixteen members running about twenty Power Mac 6100s and Performa 6116s have contributed 290 work units to SETI@home since May 2000.
• SETI@home monthly update, 2001.07.01. Team MacAddict climbs to #2, but Team Mac Observer drops to #22.
• SETI@home monthly update, 2001.06.01. Top 25 SETI teams analyzed.
• SETI@home team standings, 2001.05.01. A look at the top 25 SETI@home club teams.
• Team 6100 update, 2001.04.30. Team 6100 has completed 226 units in less than a year.
• Lengthy SETI@Home server outage continues, Go2Mac.com, 2/28/01. Contractor may have cut cables between main Berkeley campus and building with SETI servers.
• SETI@home breaks 500,000 years, Slashdot, 12/20/00. No sign of ET, but 2.6 million users have completed over 2.5 billion work units. (See SETIonMac for more info.)
• SETI Station, a site for Mac SETI@home enthusiasts. Includes full instructions for speeding things up with a RAM disk.
• Dave's Stats, more data analysis than you can shake a stick at!
• Earthlingsoft announces SETI Checker 2.2.1.
• SETI@home home page
• Results by CPU (PowerPC is #2 behind Intel)
• Results by OS (Mac OS trails Windows)
• Results by platform (Mac #2 behind Pentium/Windows)
• Top 200 teams
• How to join Team Mac Observer

Articles on Low End Mac, Mac Observer

• Team 6100 reaches 160 unit mark, SETIonMac, 2/2/01. I'm also happy to report that Low End Mac's 6100 is back on the Net and crunching numbers.
• Team 6100 reaches 146 units, SETIonMac, 12/20/00. Slow but steady may not win an prizes for speed, but these old Macs are helping out the SETI@home project.
• Observers closing on Team Nippon, 8/15/00. We've been catching up for about two months; we should pass them any day now.
• Space: The final frontier & how you can help, Nancy Gravley, Computing With Bifocals, Mac Observer, 6/28/00. "I have been participating in the SETI experiment for a few months now and want to recommend it to others."
• SETI@home weekly update, 6/26/00. Since the last update, two teams have moved up, three have dropped back in the standings.
• Observers pass Team User Friendly, Dan Knight, SETIonMac, 6/20/00. We've been trying to catch them for over five weeks. Now 15th place is ours.
• SETI@home weekly update, 6/16/00. One new team in the Top 25, and Team Mac Observer closing in on Team User Friendly.
• SETI@home weekly update, 6/10/00. Several teams swapping places. Team Mac Observer preparing to move up another step in the ranking.
• Observers closing on Team User Friendly, 6/6. Team Mac Observer is less than two weeks from moving past them.
• Team Mac Observer welcomes new company member, Mac Observer, 6/5.
• SETI@home Weekly Update, 6/2. Several teams have traded places this week.
• SETI@home weekly stats, 5/26. Several teams have traded places, and Team Mac Observer is up to 16th in the club team rankings.
• SETI@home weekly update, 5/19. Team Mac Observer is one of two teams that have climbed to spots in the club team rankings.
• Mac Observers pass Poles, 5/15. The FreeBSD team is next on our list.
• SETI@home top teams weekly update, 5/12. Six of the 25 top teams have changed places - and Team Mac Observer has gone up in the ratings.
• Mac Observers Edges Out Gnomes, 5/11. Team Mac Observer squeaked past Team Lockergnome by four work units this morning.
• Team 6100 grows to five members, 5/11. Team has grown to five members and completed five units, with more in progress.
• Mac SETI@home team passes 600 members, gaining on next three teams, Mac Observer, 5/10.
• SETIonMac: Mac Observers closing on Gnomes again, 5/9. Steady progress has us just days from passing Team Lockergnome.
• Low End Mac launches SETI@home team for Power Mac 6100 owners, Mac Observer, 5/4.
• Team 6100 joins Team Mac Observer, 5/4. New team hopes to harness efforts of many Power Mac 6100s, perhaps the most popular Power Mac ever.
• Team Mac Observer gains back ground on Team Lockergnome in SETI competition, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 4/26.
• Mac Observers gaining on gnomes, 4/27. We've already chipped 2,250 units off their lead.
• Gnomes shoot past Mac Observers, 4/26. In an unexpected development, Team Lockergnome gained over 10,000 units on Monday to zoom past Team Mac Observer.
• A look at SETI Checker, 4/25. This freeware program lets you follow your favorite SETI@home teams.
• Team Mac Observer passes Team Lockergnome, 4/22. Team Mac Observer has moved to #18 in club standings.
• Team Mac Observer welcomes new members, Mac Observer, 4/21. Welcome to The Atomic Woman and Planet 10 Enterprises, new company members.
• Team Mac Observer Passes Team BeOS, 4/19. Thanks to an infusion of work units on Tuesday, Team Mac Observer reaches #19 in club standings.
• Eccentrica Gallumbits gone, Team Mac Observer returns to #20, 4/18. Cheating team disqualified, moving almost everyone up one spot in team rankings.
• Eccentrica Gallumbits blows past Team Mac Observer, Team BeOS, 4/17. Upstart team zooms into Top 20 during first week.
• Calling all Macs! Mac SETI@home team takes hit in rankings, Mac Observer, 4/14. "...Team Mac Observer has fallen from 18th to 20th place in the Top 100 Club Teams rankings."
• Dutchmen sneak past Team Mac Observer, 4/12. They came out of nowhere, pushing Team Mac Observer to 20th place.
• Team Mac Observer dealt major setback, 4/10. Defection costs team several thousand work units, drops back to #19.
• Team Mac Observer expands, 4/6. No sign of ET yet, but new members have closed the gap between Team Mac Observer and Team Lockergnome.
• Team Mac Observer reaches #18, 4/4. We need your help to catch Team Lockergnome and reach #17.
• SETI@home: Join a team, 3/29.
• Team Mac Observer passes Yahoo SETI Team, Mac Observer, 3/3. It's been a long, hard climb to 18th place.
• SETI@home must have update, Mac Observer, 3/3. Includes OS 9 multi-user support.

Mac Teams in the Top 50

• Team MacAddict, currently #2
• O'Grady's Go2Mac.com Team, currently #17
• Team Mac Observer, currently #26
• Team MacNN, currently #42