21 Nov
2014
21 Nov
'14
7:12 p.m.
On 11/21/2014 01:46 PM, Todd Killingsworth wrote:
Hi All -
I'm looking into getting a bigger Sun box (bigger than my E3000) and after
reading the specs... If I'm really going to do this, I'll need to get some
220v outlets wired up. (I'm in the US.) Any advice to pass along for this?
I'd much rather listen to other people's surprises than have to rediscover
them on my own.
How much of what you collect requires 220v? How many big boxes do you keep
running - 24/7 or just turn it on/off as you want to use it?
I have 240 V wired to my computer room. I have a micro VAX
that was set up to run off
240 V, built into a big cabinet that was originally a 3rd
party memory cabinet for a
370/145. it probably used up $35 of electricity a month
when I had it totally tricked
out with multiple disk and tape controllers, graphics, etc.
That was a long time ago.
I finally migrated the last useful app off that system about
7 years ago, which logged
environmental readings from the house and displayed them on
LCD displays around
the house. I did have this system running for 21 years
straight. it eventually became
somewhat unreliable, cards needed to be reseated every
couple months. Then, the
hard disk died.
Jon