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To: ProtectOurFreedom

If I remember correctly, the Cray-1 took about 15 tons of air conditioning to keep it cool. Sandía Laboratorios had several of them back in the day.

2 posted on 01/22/2024 8:57:56 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )

To: wjcsux

That would mean it was drawing around 50 kW worth of power.

IIRC, that’s in the range of what a big IBM 360 c. 1985 used as well.

12 posted on 01/22/2024 9:31:59 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)

To: ComputerGuy

ping

33 posted on 01/23/2024 3:13:06 AM PST by GOPJ (“POSIWID” systems engineer's acronym that stands for “the Purpose Of a System Is What It Does.”)

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