Looking to get into a Mini Computer, PDP or something Like that

On 07/24/2014 08:31 PM, Eric Smith wrote: Dunno--but I've had the experience of walking around the inside and through a computer. I think it was about 1973 or 74, a friend of mine had taken a job with Honeywell in Phoenix (the old GE computer plant--there were still a few old bits of GE mainframes left around). At any rate, the wizards at Honeywell were experimenting with direct water cooling--chilled water was piped (using clear/translucent plastic tubing) around open racks of boards where it contacted copper diaphragms which, in turn, contacted components needing cooling. The whole affair was in an open-topped cabinet affair perhaps 10 feet on a side. You entered through a doorway, where you had easy access to the racks. I was given to understand that algae was a problem with the setup. --Chuck