CIT: Computing & Information Technology @ Shetland College

       

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Folding:

Join the Shetland Shetland_Overclockers Folding team and help cure medical diseases. This is a project managed by Stanford University and by installing the appropriate tiny piece of software (completely safe), it can run in the background and perform mathematical calculations.

 
   

Google Us: Using google, search for Shetland_Oveclockers to check our statistics.


folding  
    Custom PC & bit-tech : We've joined the largest UK based team. In our first 6 months of Folding we did great and got a full page article in their national magazine. Our goal is to get back into the top 20 folders - so let's do our bit :)  
       
   

So how to get started: You need to download the appropriate client software, put in our team details below and that's it.
Graphics cards generally will outperform a computers CPU, but you can run both CPU and GPU software. The links below are the software we are running in the Shetland College.

 
   

Operating System software web link:

Download Nvidea Graphics software:
Download Ati Graphics software:


 
    Playstation 3 setup: PC setup:  
    • Open up "Life with Playstation"
• Go to the Folding@Home channel (hold square and go to the last channel)
• Go to options (hold Triangle)
• Choose "Identity" (5th option)
• "Change donor name"> Shetland_Overclockers
• Go back (press circle)
• "Join an Exisiting Team"> Team 35947

Once you've installed the folding software, you see the folding icon in your task bar. Right click, and select Configure

  • Name: Shetland_Overclockers
  • Team: 35947
  • Key: 123456789897654321abdefbcaeffcca
 
   

Current statistics:

 
     
       
   

 

 

 
© Euan Robertson : Shetland College : Tel: 01595 771000 : euan.robertson@shetland.uhi.ac.uk
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