21 Aug
2001
21 Aug
'01
2:32 p.m.
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Matthew Sell wrote:
My wife feels lucky that she is able to contain my
mainframes (now 2 VAX
11/780's) to one room in the house.
A VAX 11/780 isn't a mainframe. My IBM S/390 9672 G5's CPU (OT,
incidentally) takes up two seven foot tall racks all by itself. A fully
outfitted S/390 9672 G1 (on-topic, bipolar logic, water cooled, loads o'
power) CPU alone takes up between 7 and 10 seven foot tall racks all by
itself, in a typical configuration. IfA VAX 11/780 is a minicomputer.
I also collect full-size arcade games.
I wish I could. My VAXen and my mainframes take up too much time money
power and space.
I never accused her of being intolerant to my
hobbies.... : )
- Matt