what is record for factoring?

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From: Bob Devine
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1987 01:47

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  Earlier this year someone (sorry, I forgot who) posted the
results for factoring a large number.  It was done using 10(12?)
Sun 3s.  Result was that an 80+ digit number was factor in
several hundred hours of compute time.

  Idle curosity prompts me to ask: Have some Sun 4s been hooked
to run the same factoring program?

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Subject: what is record for factoring?
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Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 21:47:14 EDT
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