[mpich-discuss] question

[Nicolas Rosner]

I think you'd need at least, say, a tcp/ip stack on top of the serial wire.

May I ask why a serial link instead of, say, Ethernet?

hth,
N.


On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Joe C <thejcbejcrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I was wondering, if I were to connect two computers together with a
> cable between the serial ports on the two computers and instal the
> MPICH2 software on them would the two computers act as one in
> processing and memory?
>
> Thank you very much,
> Bernie Socha
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