I ran Boinc on Win98 for a year and it ran well, but there are a few minor issues you may wish to be aware of.
1. Win98 does not like the new screensaver and Boinc has issues with ATI video cards. I wouldn't activate it. It used to crash my system. Besides it just wastes cycle that can be better used to crunch WU. I'd use the power option in the control panel to blank my screen.
2. If you decide to do more than 1 project (which I did), do not use the option 'leave in memory'. Win98 has strange hiccups that causes it to not switch properly from one application to another, causing it to try to crunch more than 1 application at a time and very little work is actually done.
BTW don't worry to much about the Time to Completion column, this is only an estimate and with most projects is off the mark.
3. Boinc doesn't always shut down properly when you try to exit Win98.
Download and unzip into your Windows directory the file Default.zip to instruct Windows to close the SETI CLI when exiting. You may need to reboot after to activate this change. Note this windows patch doesn't always work with Windows 98 original edition. The file you are unzipping is called _Default.PIF and contains the information to tell Windows to honor application close instructions. It only impacts 16 bit (DOS) and 32 bit console applications.
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Problem 2: In the Commands menu you can set to Network Activity Suspended and change it back to Network Always Available when you ready to do an update.
Every time I re-boot my PC my Einstein@home clears. I have been running it for weeks and all of my numbers are
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Please restart BOINC, then paste a copy of the messages from under your BOINC Manager "Messages" tab here.
1/15/06 5:46:34 PM||Starting BOINC client version 5.2.13 for windows_intelx86
1/15/06 5:46:34 PM||libcurl/7.14.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8 zlib/1.2.3
1/15/06 5:46:34 PM||Data directory: C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\BOINC
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||Memory: 127.52 MB physical, 1.88 GB virtual
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||Disk: 7.84 GB total, 3.10 GB free
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM|SETI@home|Computer ID: 1957121; location: ; project prefs: default
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM|Einstein@Home|Computer ID: 496644; location: ; project prefs: default
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM|climateprediction.net|Computer ID: 335554; location: ; project prefs: default
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||General prefs: from unknown project http://climateprediction.net/ (last modified 1969-12-31 18:00:00)
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||General prefs: using your defaults
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM||Remote control not allowed; using loopback address
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM|climateprediction.net|Deferring computation for result sulphur_hqzr_000828135_0
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM|Einstein@Home|Resuming computation for result r1_0644.5__240_S4R2a_1 using albert version 437
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM|SETI@home|Deferring computation for result 04se04aa.570.18706.473568.1.246_0
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM||Suspending work fetch because computer is overcommitted.
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM||Using earliest-deadline-first scheduling because computer is overcommitted.
Note the last message stating that you "computer is over committed". This page from the BOINC Wiki explains what is going on with the scheduler. The post from Ageless may help you identify possible Win 98 issues. If you need more help, post back here again.
My Time Won't Accumulate
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Please restart BOINC, then paste a copy of the messages from under your BOINC Manager "Messages" tab here.
Stolen from Aurora Borealis
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Stolen from Aurora Borealis on the Seti helpdesk:
RE: RE: Every time I
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1/15/06 5:46:34 PM||Starting BOINC client version 5.2.13 for windows_intelx86
1/15/06 5:46:34 PM||libcurl/7.14.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8 zlib/1.2.3
1/15/06 5:46:34 PM||Data directory: C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\BOINC
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||Memory: 127.52 MB physical, 1.88 GB virtual
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||Disk: 7.84 GB total, 3.10 GB free
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM|SETI@home|Computer ID: 1957121; location: ; project prefs: default
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM|Einstein@Home|Computer ID: 496644; location: ; project prefs: default
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM|climateprediction.net|Computer ID: 335554; location: ; project prefs: default
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||General prefs: from unknown project http://climateprediction.net/ (last modified 1969-12-31 18:00:00)
1/15/06 5:46:35 PM||General prefs: using your defaults
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM||Remote control not allowed; using loopback address
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM|climateprediction.net|Deferring computation for result sulphur_hqzr_000828135_0
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM|Einstein@Home|Resuming computation for result r1_0644.5__240_S4R2a_1 using albert version 437
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM|SETI@home|Deferring computation for result 04se04aa.570.18706.473568.1.246_0
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM||Suspending work fetch because computer is overcommitted.
1/15/06 5:46:36 PM||Using earliest-deadline-first scheduling because computer is overcommitted.
RE: RE: RE: Every time
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Note the last message stating that you "computer is over committed". This page from the BOINC Wiki explains what is going on with the scheduler. The post from Ageless may help you identify possible Win 98 issues. If you need more help, post back here again.