16 Nov
2005
16 Nov
'05
6:45 a.m.
On 11/15/2005 at 9:19 PM William Donzelli wrote:
I got to see the Honeywell setup when the prototype was still being worked
on. A friend worked at the old GE plant in Phoenix and gave me a tour.
The machine was sort of a throwback to the 1940's--it was literally a
walk-in unit with things in free-standing racks with plastic water tubing
all over the place. There were still quite a few GE machines around the
place then.
But I think indirect water cooling (as a heat transfer medium) goes back as
far as SAGE.
Speaking of Honeywell, does anyone collect the pre-GE 16-bit minis?
Cheers,
Chuck
Well yes, but
remember that Honeywell tinkered with direct water
cooling a bit back in the
70's.