11 Dec
2008
11 Dec
'08
1:44 p.m.
Vernon Wright wrote:
Cabling was an issue, cooling the other. The 1401 was
in a well-air
conditioned room, and the cabling was OVERHEAD!! Damn cheaper than raised
floor.
That was my first thought upon reading this thread - how come raised floors
even came about? Message systems based on air-filled tubes seem to have always
been overhead, and of course lots of stores still pass power and data down to
terminals from above; if in a room with a false ceiling it seems a natural
thing to take advantage of. Maybe the sheer weight of the cabling needed for
a mainframe environment was just too much to justify running it overhead?