13 Jul
2021
13 Jul
'21
8:34 p.m.
When we got an 8530 at work in the early 90s (needed a
machine with a
Nautilus bus for specific hardware testing), it was definitely a
3-phase machine and since we were in an industrial setting, I just
tapped into our panel at the back of the warehouse and wired up a
3-phase outlet for it. It never sat on our datacenter floor as a
result, but it really only ever had one purpose and that wasn't a
daily driver. Too much power, too much heat for so few employees (at
that stage of the company).
Interesting. Were the power supplies 3 phase input? Like you I have
noticed that most pdp and vax gear just pull 120 volt legs off the 3
phase to balance power loads. So you can run them on a couple of 120
circuits. Outside of say the RP07 (which is a real 3 phase motor)
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