[Info-vax] Out with Hurd, in with OpenVMS

[DaveG]

On Aug 19, 9:29 am, "John Reagan" <johnrrea... at earthlink.net> wrote:
> "DaveG" <david.gudew... at abbott.com> wrote in message
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> news:8eb761d8-801d-4b8f-a785-
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> > I think I did touch the Alpha chip.  YMMV
>
> Perhaps you touched the big heatsink attached to the top?  I doubt the chip
> itself would last long without it.  The Intel E8500 in my PC wouldn't last
> too long without its heatsink either (most CPUs today wouldn't either).  The
> heatsink on my XP1000's CPU is certainly warm but not waffle-iron hot.
>
> John

I really don't remember exactly what I and many others touched 18
years ago.  The point of the demo was that the Alpha chip wasn't
likely to turn into a cinder because it ran too hot and couldn't
adaquately be cooled as was suggested by some naysayers.