Re: [PCWorks] What's a heatsink?
- From: "Vern" <r60slash5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 23:03:52 -0700
> Hello, Vern,
> Can you compare the specs of those computers with the specs of the
> computer
> on your desk right now?
> David Grossman
The speed of those old computers and cost are inversely proportional to what
I have today. <G>
Vern
> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:pcworks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Vern
>> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:18 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [PCWorks] What's a heatsink?
>>
>>
>> > I'm totally amazed at how far the computer industry has come--all in
>> > my lifetime. Coming from an elite high-tech industry, down to the
>> > practical use for common folk is remarkable.
>> >
>> > Sue
>>
>> I go back to 1963 when I was a computer repairman in the USAF. We had an
>> elevated floor and the air would flow from bottom to top through the
>> cabinets holding the motherboards and babyboards. Each cabinet
>> was about 6
>> feet high and 30 inches wide. There were two rows of maybe ten or fifteen
>> cabinets. We had a total of TWO computers. We were not on the
>> base, we were
>> located in a mountain so as to be bomb proof. These computers
>> were state of
>> the art at the time. <G>
>>
>> Vern
>>
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