> On Mar 14, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Fred via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > >> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:28:11 -0600 >> From: Grant Taylor <cct...@gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net> >> Subject: Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 42, Issue 13 >> Message-ID: >> <6a172546-d8f1-13b9-f843-8fdba5799...@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> >> >> If power / cooling / noise wasn't an issue, I'd also be interested in an >> Multiprise 3000. > >> But, I'm happily married and I would like to keep it that way. > > The power requirements aren't that bad, are they? > > I think Guy Sotomayor (spelling, apologies if I'm butchering ...) has a > MP3K that I believe I bid against him on eBay once, and he ended up > getting it (which made me feel a bit better). It's what I call a 1/4 > fridge size.
Spelling’s correct! Realistically, none of these are really that big power hogs. MP3K runs on a normal 120v/20A circuit (I believe it’s about ~1500W when fully configured). I don’t run it 24/7 (actually I haven’t run it in a while…too much other stuff going on at the moment). My 4331 (whose peripherals required 208v 3-phase) all told needs ~20KVA. That *will* put a dent in my power bill. > > There were/are multi MP3K's on eBay currently that I've been watching, and > one didn't know if there was an OS on it (Not sure I'd want to fight that > battle with IBM, although a corner of the Internet lengthy forum post > (yes, anecdotes are not evidence) leads me to believe they at least are > "sympathetic" to hobbyists, but they won't publically admit it. ... but > I still didn't want to chance getting a paperweight. The other one is way > too much for me $ wise. I think one of them is an Enterprise Server and not an MP3K. > > I have a basement and 220V available. For an IBM Mainframe of my own, > damn the power bill. :) As long as it doesn't have the awful whine of > an Alpha DS10-L I don't think my wife would mind. That’s also why all of my “stuff” (junk as my wife calls it) is in a separate building on our property. Out of sight/out of mind. ;-) My shop has dedicated 220V @ 200A, so I have a “reasonable” amount of power. ;-) > > I will admit to myself that at some point there will be a limit to how > many systems I can have at the house though running 24/7.... :) ;-) The only stuff that I run 24/7 is my network infrastructure, work machines and my iMac that is our media server (which is getting perilously close to completely filling a 16TB RAID). TTFN - Guy
