Help needed to reboot pc

[David]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8234428.stm

Think I will get a laptop 

[Rik]

The heat from those things was massive.

[David]

I bet it was and I read the other day that they were not that reliable either or they needed someone there all the time cant recall the deatils but interesting to read

Did you have first hand experience of this monster Rik ?

Will they use modern parts to get this going ? ....cheat in other words ?

[Rik]

I visited the Joe Lyons one, David, which was massive and consumed power faster than a heating system. I can also remember the early ones used by Schweppes, which required air-con just to function.

[talos]

I think I remember that when it was on show in Birmingham, if I remember right all it could do was play checkers but this was considered amazing at the time  ( well it beat me easily enough ). If they rebuild it I wonder where they get the valves from?

[David]

I wondered if they will somehow put modern parts as to run this as was would be classed as very anti green.how many 100 watt bulbs is this equivalent to ?

[talos]

The only one I had real contact with was at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham, it took up one entire floor of the main office block and as Rick says required air conditioning to maintain an exact temperature, you could only enter the room through an airlock, and yes it did need constant staff to service it day and night, mainly for changing tubes , kicking relays and untangling tapes, reels etc.
                    It could never be switched off because switching back on would blow too many tubes.

[Rik]

The power consumption of these beasts was equated to the Blackpool Illuminations, David.

[David]

  Given that how can they reboot it I can see people screaming blue murder....that aside if this is/was in a confined space the heat must have been unbearable

[Rik]

That's why they needed aircon...

[David]

Aircon is an understatement take the roof off  sounds better ,was it noisy ?

[Rik]

Howling!

[David]

I wondered it looks noisy and I don't know but would imagine there is some form of machinery going on inside although its electronic I wonder if there are cogs and things operating inside as technology was really in its infancy I would have thought ?

[Rik]

A few cogs to drive the paper, and later, magnetic tapes. A lot of relay chatter, but mainly the whistle of aircon going full tilt.

[Glenn]

Most server rooms are still air conditioned to keep the heat down

[Rik]

There was a video on ThinkBroadband, showing a connection to IDNet at Telehouse. The noise was deafening!

[gizmo71]

Strictly speaking it's a "boot" not a "reboot".

[David]

That is harsh....but as it is not the first time surely it is a reboot ? 

[David]

I read that they are only moving it 12 inches so really its a case of the reboot being on the other foot 

[Rik]

[David]

 

That's why they needed aircon...

Should have had windows 

[Glenn]

Your abacus is more powerful though

[David]

You leave my abacus out of thid Glenn.......no need to get personal....


I usually count on you as well 

[Glenn]

Have I slid off your scale now?

[David]

No not at all this may com-pound the issue which weigh out is it