13 Aug
2012
13 Aug
'12
9:28 p.m.
On 08/14/2012 12:08 AM, mc68010 wrote:
Being a little young to have actually in data centers
like these but,
having worked with some of the gear later and worked in more modern data
centers, how are they working in all that noise ? I realize these are ad
shots but, all the the normal operation shots make it look like that is
how it was done. Well, minus any women of course.
How loud was it really ? Say in something like this
http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/HtmlHelp/Images2/IBM7094.…
I've never seen much soundproofing on mainframe gear so, I assume it
must have been really loud in there.
With all those 729 magtape drives? Deafening.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
