14 Jun
2003
14 Jun
'03
4:51 p.m.
--- Jesse Kempf <kempfj2(a)rpi.edu> wrote:
A different friend of mine recently acquired a PDP-10.
The KL-10 sucks
down 10KW, 2 for the CPU, 8 for the power supplies. I submit that his
modifying the beast to run off of just over 2KW, with switching power
supplies, is in no way degrading the worth of the machine.
CompuServe did this in period (well prior to 1994 when they started
using Systems Concepts machines to replace DEC machines that were
getting harder and harder to keep running).
I would argue that this particular change is "reasonable", even from
a historical perspective. I'm sure that the strictest purists would
still frown on it, though. Personally, I want hardware I can *use*
and am willing to make compromises to keep them so.
-ethan