[Info-vax] Assistance needed!! working RM05 drive and VAX needed for proje

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2023-09-28 14:16, bill wrote:
> On 9/28/2023 6:53 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2023-09-28 05:52, gah4 wrote:
>>>
>>> Power bills I don't think LCM ever worried about, though maybe they 
>>> should.
>>
>> I run some small machines, and have had them running for over 20 years 
>> now. Including disks... Hello PDP-11s...
>>
> 
> I always smile when I see comments about power usage on old computers.
> People used to ask how I could afford to run my 11/24 and RA disks in
> my house.  Or my Apollo (which made a great room heater in the winter
> time). I always pointed out things like when my wife would accidentally
> forget to turn off her curling iron and it would run all day while we
> were at work.  Or even just lights.  When the rest of the family would
> leave lights on all day.  Two 100 watt, eight 40 watt, etc.  Add them
> up.  And then add in the electric clothes dryer, the refrigerator, the
> electric water heater and the list goes on and on.  Before long the
> power consumed by old computers becomes little more than a blip on the
> monthly bill.  :-)

Well. Let's not forget that the power spent there is less power spent 
somewhere else, if I need heating. ;-)

It's not like the power disappears into thin air. Energy cannot be 
destroyed.

   Johnny