On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Carl R. Friend wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Mar 1997 10:55:54 -0700, Jim Strickland spake thusly
> unto us:
>
> > [...] sounds like an interesting collection... but an expensive one
> > to power up.
>
> I believe the largest amount of computer power running in the
> house at once was the time when my wife had both PCs up and I had my
> DECstation, VAXstation, and InterAct fired up at the same time. The
> LAN took a beating that day.
Hrumph! You have not seen a power meter REALLY spin until I hit the
switch on my Vax 11/780! Even the PDP-11/70 in the collection comes
in a poor second to that critter! ( ridiculous huge B^} )
-jim
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