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PrimeNet Manual Testing Forms
NOTE: These forms are not intended for scripted access in lieu of using Prime95 or other networked client software.
GIMPS Internet PrimeNet
Server now supports manual test users! No more
e-mailing test results files and requesting manual test
ranges, no more database file updates!
Prime95, NTPrime, MPrime, PrimeOS2, mprime_FreeBSD
v16 or v18.1 or later is required.
Easy Web Forms - Five simple forms are
provided to create and update your PrimeNet account, get
exponent assignments, return test results, and release any
untested exponents. A sixth form, the Individual
Account Report form,
is a powerful tracking tool that tells you what assignments
you have, what type, how long, which computer and more!
No Test Ranges, no database
file! - PrimeNet does not assign to you a range of
exponents to test, as with manual GIMPS testing. Instead, a
specific list of exponents is selected for you, based upon
information you supply about your computer and your testing
preferences. Typically, you will receive the smallest
available exponents matching these criteria.
No e-mail to request exponents! - When you
use the IPS Manual Test Assignments Check Out form, you cut from the PrimeNet
response page your list of exponents, and paste these into
your computer's worktodo.ini file. Be certain to
stop Prime95 before you paste the new assignments into the
file.
No e-mail to send in results! - Use the IPS Manual
Test Results Check In
form to send in your results for immediate check in! Just as
with PrimeNet automatic testing, manual test results are processed
and credited by George Woltman, for GIMPS.
Limited PrimeNet Automatic User Access -
PrimeNet users are welcome to use the IPS Manual Test
Exponents Release
form. Use of the IPS Manual Test Account Reservation &
Change form is also
acceptable, however Prime95's built-in remote account
management should be used instead.
The forms below are intended for manual test users.
Computers with Internet connections should use the automatic
PrimeNet software. If you need to connect a second PC to
another one that already has an Internet connection, please
see the FAQ page discussion on setting up your own
proxy server.
Note: Test Results checked into PrimeNet using the Manual
Test Results Check In form, below, are recorded
for official GIMPS credit, but are not
credited for CPU time by PrimeNet.