Bruce, I do not understand Hook, line and sinker.  It sounds like a bait thing.  I guess I missed the analogy.  Are you indeed telling me that a modern computer, such as my laptop which is a Pentium 133 w/ 1.0 gb drive, uses more power than the HP3000 series 33 circa 1979?  Indeed my HP 3000/922 with 3 1.2gb drives and 48 mb memory uses more power than a series 33 with a 120MB drive?

Please enlighten me, Oh great one, I am confused.

P.S.  You may be correct in stating that the 33 does not use 3 phase power, but for the life of me, 18 years ago when I installed one, I remember a BIG plug and ordering a special power receptacle along with 220 power.  I believe the series 30 did not need the 220 power.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

-----Original Message-----
From:   Bruce Toback [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, April 04, 1997 9:53 AM
To:     Denys P. Beauchemin; [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Power-failing a 928RX

Denys writes:
>>James Byrne wrote:
>>Of course.  We all know that modern computer systems consume much
>>more power than the ones built even a few years ago.  Why just last
>>month I had Ontario Hydro in discussing building a new reactor to
>>supply our latest acquisitions....
>>
>Actually, we do not know.  Electrical requirements for computer system 
>have fallen precipitously over the years.  Witness the ever decreasing 
>physical size of disc drives coupled with a geometric progression in 
>capacity. ...

Hook, line and sinker.

>I still remember the days when we had 
>to get 220 3-phase powers to run the (now) small HP 3000 series 33, with 
>the corresponding cooling requirements.  

A quibble: the Series 33 did not require 3-phase power. Its claim to 
fame, in fact, was that it could be run on a standard 120V circuit (in 
North America). We had one at home, plugged into the outlet in the guest 
bathroom via a 25-foot extension cord. It was the closest we could come 
to a dedicated circuit.

-- Bruce


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