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

[gah4]

On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:17:25 AM UTC-7, bill wrote:

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> 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. 

Most college dorms don't allow heaters in the room.
But they do allow computers.

Some years ago, someone was suggesting that old Sun workstations
make nice room heaters.  That was when they were around, and being
sold for very low prices. By now, the prices are up again.

That was for the desk side VME based models. The desktop 
versions might not use enough power to warm a room.

And someone mentioned Itanic. As well as I know, the
power supply for (each) chip is 1 volt at 100 amps, 
for 100 watts.  Many are dual processor. But they do
tend to have noisy fans.