Computers

A thread of 2 messages, 12 November 1993 to 16 November 1993, in the order they were sent.

#6330 Computers

Anthony K. Baggaley · 12 November 1993

  Re: Virus, Computer Power etc.
  (This computer ain't had the wheels fitted for the copy command yet...)

  I realised that larger computers need power closer to the Book 5 /MT
 requirements, but 250 MEGAWATTS??? (for about a Mod4: it's been a few years
 since I used High Guard). A friend once said if you work out the heat that
 produces it melts the whole thing in seconds (and I'm the one with the
 chemistry degree so I should work it out).
  I wasn't really serious about the power- the 'china syndrome' applied to most
 equipment in MT, just an effect of measuring everything in MW I suppose. I
 remember J.Fugate justifying it as 'use expands to fill availability', which
 doesn't help the crew of a Scout/Cooker.

  BTW- finally got my hands on Challenge 71, and overall it's quite good,
 worth it for the Design Notes anyway. Compared to the older issues it still
 looks like it's been sabotaged by Graphic Artists, but that's the modern way
 :)
                            Going Away
                                      Anthony K.
   (Driven insane by three years of listening to cooling fans on big work-
    stations)

#6341 Re: computers and the china syndrome.

Goldman of Chaos -- postmaster CRI-US · 16 November 1993 · reply to #6330

> Bundle: 517
> Archive-Message-Number: 6330
> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 10:46:06 GMT
> From: "Anthony K. Baggaley" [email removed]
> Subject: Computers
>
>   Re: Virus, Computer Power etc.
>   (This computer ain't had the wheels fitted for the copy command yet...)
>
>   I realised that larger computers need power closer to the Book 5 /MT
>  requirements, but 250 MEGAWATTS??? (for about a Mod4: it's been a few years
>  since I used High Guard). A friend once said if you work out the heat that
>  produces it melts the whole thing in seconds (and I'm the one with the
>  chemistry degree so I should work it out).

That's what will happen to a large Cray Mainframe if you take away the
cooling unit.  Check it out, many of CRI's early patents are for
spiffy *cooling* technology.

Matt

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