On March 5, Rick Kelly wrote:
> >I'm working on getting a full-blown PDP-10 for myself.  I want to run it.
> 
> >I've heard of them, but I forget what they're called.  I want a real
> >PDP-10, though.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> http://starfish.rcsri.org/rcs/DECsystem/1090/DECsystem-1090.html
> 
> "It is impractical to run the machine in its original configuration. 
>  We would need to supply 22,000 Watts of power (and air conditioning)
>  just for the CPU and memory."

  Oh good grief.  That's not THAT bad. ;)

  Besides...a 2020 certainly qualifies as "real", and they don't pull
very much much power at all, and aren't even that big.

    -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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