5 Nov
2008
5 Nov
'08
8:30 p.m.
On Wednesday 05 November 2008, Jules Richardson wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
That's not quite true. Computers have a much higher heat capacity than
air per unit volume, so you probably end up effectively heating the
same amount, you just have a "capacitor" like effect that makes the
temperature change more slowly.
After filling about 1800 sqft of office space to a high density with
computers, the effect is quite obvious.
Tony Duell wrote:
Collect enough and they do help save on heating bills - there's less
free open space in your house to need heating :-) What do people consider to be the 'holy
grails' of classic
computer collecting?
Do people collect CPUs that no longer have peripherals or are
bereft of any sort of software?
If so, what is done with them, other than to use them as doorstops? (It'd be interesting to do a poll on how many
systems each of us here
has, and how many hours a year each of those systems actually gets
run for - I suspect the results would be quite disturbing!)
I do not run nearly as much or as often as I wish I could.
Pat
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