cctalk Digest, Vol 42, Issue 14

[Guy Sotomayor Jr]

> On Mar 14, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Fred via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
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>> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:28:11 -0600
>> From: Grant Taylor <cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net>
>> Subject: Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 42, Issue 13
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>> If power / cooling / noise wasn't an issue, I'd also be interested in an
>> Multiprise 3000.
> 
>> But, I'm happily married and I would like to keep it that way.
> 
> The power requirements aren't that bad, are they?
> 
> I think Guy Sotomayor (spelling, apologies if I'm butchering ...) has a
> MP3K that I believe I bid against him on eBay once, and he ended up
> getting it (which made me feel a bit better).  It's what I call a 1/4
> fridge size.

Spelling’s correct!

Realistically, none of these are really that big power hogs.  MP3K runs on a
normal 120v/20A circuit (I believe it’s about ~1500W when fully configured).

I don’t run it 24/7 (actually I haven’t run it in a while…too much other stuff going
on at the moment).

My 4331 (whose peripherals required 208v 3-phase) all told needs ~20KVA.
That *will* put a dent in my power bill.

> 
> There were/are multi MP3K's on eBay currently that I've been watching, and
> one didn't know if there was an OS on it (Not sure I'd want to fight that
> battle with IBM, although a corner of the Internet lengthy forum post
> (yes, anecdotes are not evidence) leads me to believe they at least are
> "sympathetic" to hobbyists, but they won't publically admit it.   ... but
> I still didn't want to chance getting a paperweight.  The other one is way
> too much for me $ wise.

I think one of them is an Enterprise Server and not an MP3K.

> 
> I have a basement and 220V available.   For an IBM Mainframe of my own,
> damn the power bill.  :)   As long as it doesn't have the awful whine of
> an Alpha DS10-L I don't think my wife would mind.

That’s also why all of my “stuff” (junk as my wife calls it) is in a separate building
on our property.  Out of sight/out of mind.  ;-)

My shop has dedicated 220V @ 200A, so I have a “reasonable” amount of power.  ;-)

> 
> I will admit to myself that at some point there will be a limit to how
> many systems I can have at the house though running 24/7.... :)

;-)

The only stuff that I run 24/7 is my network infrastructure, work machines
and my iMac that is our media server (which is getting perilously close to
completely filling a 16TB RAID).

TTFN - Guy