OK, so how much floor space does his largest computer
use?
I am not sure, but from some pictures I have seen, he has a LOT of
stuff for his two IBM 709s. And then there is the 7094 system. And the
S/370 system. Each system may take up 500 square feet.
For that matter, if I were to get all the stuff together for my
Hitachi AS/6 (A Japanese 3032 clone), it would probably not fit in 500
square feet either. The processor is 21 feet long by three feet wide,
and does not contain any RAM or the channel I/O hardware. The six
spindle 3330 DASD string is 15 feet long by 4 feet wide. Then the
three tapes with controller is another 12 by 3 feet, then the card
reader and punch take up two more three by six footprints, then the
network box, then the 1403N printer, then the comm controller at five
by four, then the other comm controller at 3 by 3, then some more junk
I could hang off it if I wanted to. When you add this all up, then
figure in the space needed to open the doors and gates for servicing -
well, it is a large plot of land.
I think Sridhar is in the same boat. For that matter. that 4381 system
that sold on Ebay six months or so back would also fits (and sinks) in
that boat, having a couple good DASD strings.
Flossie has well over 4,000 printed circuit
boards and weighs about five tons.
Pictures please!
I am actually trying to buy a building so I can get all this junk in one place.
--
Will