[Info-vax] And the winner of the Island Computers Prize draw is

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <jmpn4c-1gq.ln1 at news.chingola.ch>,
	Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> On 2015-06-09, Rich Jordan <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
>> On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 7:54:03 PM UTC-5, Richard Maher wrote:
>>> On 6/6/2015 9:43 AM, David Turner wrote:
>>> > Colin Baker in the UK
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Congratulations Colin !
>>> >
>>> 
>>> I'm just glad it wasn't JF - Again!
>>
>> Why?  It might have been interesting and informative if JF started
>> doing cooling and airflow mods to a 2660... 
>>
>> ;)
> 
> I was thinking that we should run a sweepstake on how long it took him
> to void the warranty :-)
> 
> If as a by-product he came up with some affordable mods to make an
> Integrity much quieter I am sure there would have been some serious
> interest.
 
I guess "dark" datacenters are becoming the norm.  The latest 1U Intel
Server box we got here has fans that run very fast emitting a rather
high pitched whine.  Loud enough to go right thru the door between the
datacenter and my office.  Now, as everyone here knows by now, I will
be gone soon.  But I did tell my boss that it is unlikely this sapce
will be usable as an office by my replacement (if there is one!!)
The soiund from this box will give you serious headaches and it would
not surprise me if it exceeds OSHA levels for both volume and pitch.

And I still remember the days when operators sat in the room with all
the computer equipment 8 hours a day.

bill 

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