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Ted Dennison <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: The address@hidden Service
System name: seti-service
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

Description:
The address@hidden service is a Windows NT service that controls a 
address@hidden command-line client. Since it is implemented as a service, it is 
only usable on systems running Windows NT kernels like NT or Windows 2000 or 
Windows XP.

The goal address@hidden Service is to help maximize your system\'s 
address@hidden work-unit output. It uses the command-line client, which 
elimiates processing cycles that would otherwise be lost to displaying 
graphics. As a further boost, even the client\'s text output is disabled. The 
client is run as a background process, so that it can continually work without 
affecting anything else you may want to do on your machine.

But the main benifit to running the client as a service is that it runs the 
client as long as your machine is booted. You no longer need to leave yourself 
logged on to process work units. Likewise, if your machine is rebooted while 
you are away from it for any reason (eg: power outage), the address@hidden 
Service will resume processing immediately after your machine reboots. A third 
way the address@hidden Service helps you is with network outages. If your 
network connection happens to be down when the address@hidden client completes 
a unit, it will quite likely termiate. This can leave you without any SETI 
processing for an extended period of time until you come back to the machine 
and notice the client\'s window is gone. The address@hidden Service automaticly 
detects termination of the address@hidden client and restarts it. A fourth way 
the address@hidden Service helps you is with its handy built-in web server, 
which can report client status to any connected PC via your web-browser. The 
address@hidden Service can even suspend or terminate the SETI client(s) while 
other important processes are running.

The address@hidden Service requires a command-line address@hidden client. To 
ensure the integrety of the results, address@hidden clients must be downloaded 
from an approved server, so one is not distributed with this package. A list of 
approved download sites for the address@hidden client is available at 
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/unix.html. Look for the latest 
i386-winnt-cmdline.exe release.

It already exists. However, my ISP has been sold, and is no longer serving the 
web pages for the project.


Other Software Required:
The address@hidden Service requires the following:
An operating system based on the Windows NT kernel (support for services).
A address@hidden client that works on Wintel boxes. Valid ones may be 
downloaded from http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/unix.html


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