From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 68E421EF7CB; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:58:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mout.gmx.com (mout.gmx.com [74.208.4.201]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0E7F1EF7CB for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:58:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost ([71.85.104.15]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmxus002) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0MCd0O-1Wsg7c2jxq-009ORT for ; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:58:26 +0200 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:58:20 -0400 From: Doug Smith To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: small super computer Message-ID: <20140701145820.GA4643@localhost.localdomain> References: <53AF79A2.5030502@math.wisc.edu> <20140629023754.GA4657@localhost.localdomain> <53B028D2.5030601@math.wisc.edu> <20140629165747.GA3481@localhost.localdomain> <53B17D3B.8010006@math.wisc.edu> <53B2A81E.8030000@math.wisc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <53B2A81E.8030000@math.wisc.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Km0VpCchj2t6XQ57Y55HG6DQ+adzxFn4CoWkRvVlb4LJpk4UfKJ cbA05OAzsPDp/Lu0Q/6jDqyLP3v35bNWkETeoHMN4hK5JN9ZdswJbNH7OZW6nOKE23+nETi qVtJpvrVHH80aiRURsydu8ZkJhBCzHcUpAiesDrkuHsF09r7E7vCDB1RAqkN8VFRm0TLqCd +G6tNIgJwQ1TCDCl+AClQ== X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:58:32 -0000 Well, thank you for the info. I was just wondering because I was looking for a great research platform. I was probably going to put talking arch or something on there and see what I could find to get into. You're right. We have just a room here and it is shared by 2 people. Imagine the consternation when my roommate would have heard that thing start up. The loudest computer room I have ever been was the time I was at Western Carolina University and we went into the mainframe room to see what all the campus was using at the time. There were VAX-8500's, two of them, daisy wheel or some kind of loud line printers, 3 of them, and terminal controllers with fans on them, I am not sure if it was 2 or 3 of those. Those fans were real howlers as well. With all that going at the same time and one of the fans shaking the floor as it turned, probably because it was out of balance, it sounded like you were in the engine room of a sovereign class starship. I wish I had had a recorder. You wouldn't have believed the noise. I was barely able to hear the person telling me about all the things in there and saying "Don't touch any of these controls." Thanks for all the info. I have always been interested in supercomputers and have wanted one for a research platform and keep this for my system to do other work on. This is really an interesting discussion and that was good thinking to get your shoes and socks dried out. -- Doug Smith: Special Agent S.W.A.T Spiritual Warfare and Advanced Technology Forever serving our LORD and SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST.