VAX 11/785 as a workstation :-)

From: Gunther Schadow <gunther_at_aurora.regenstrief.org>
Date: Thu Aug 2 21:39:47 2001

Tim Crawley wrote:

> I don't know if I could afford to run an 11/785 as a workstation. The
> power bill would be HUGE. As it is, to power up my 11/785 I have to
> run extention cords to 3 seperate power circuits in the house (no, I don't
> have 3 phase power connected at home).

hihi, certainly so. Fortunately I have a 220 V 60 A line run directly
into my basement, so that gives me 13.2 kW. That sounds like enough,
technically. Financially, though, I won't run this thing 24/7. Well,
unless I would put a solar cell grid on my rooftop and a wind-turbine
into my yard, and a water turbine into my sewer line :-). Seriously,
they say a wind-turbine does about 1 kW on a windy day, so take 6
of them...

regards
-Gunther

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