> On May 1, 2017, at 9:53 AM, dwight via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Aren't these water cooled? > > I seem to remember hoses.
No this is all air cooled. TTFN - Guy > > ________________________________ > From: cctalk <[email protected]> on behalf of Dave Wade G4UGM via > cctalk <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 1, 2017 9:48:52 AM > To: 'Guy Sotomayor Jr'; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' > Subject: RE: IBM 4331 Mainframe > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Guy >> Sotomayor Jr via cctalk >> Sent: 01 May 2017 05:39 >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: IBM 4331 Mainframe >> >> Just to let folks know that I finally moved the IBM 4331 Mainframe this past >> weekend from where it was currently stored to my shop. Pictures are here: >> https://www.flickr.com/gp/150223282@N04/NrX91K >> <https://www.flickr.com/gp/150223282@N04/NrX91K> >> >> As can be seen in the pictures, it filled a 26’ box truck that I had rented >> for >> this purpose. >> Right now I just have it placed somewhat in my shop. Some early tasks will >> be: >> * I have to verify that I have everything. Even if I missed some items, >> they >> won’t be >> scrapped. I just need to go over what is currently in my shop and verify >> that I didn’t >> leave anything behind. I’m mostly worried about cables at this point. >> * I have to figure out some way to produce enough “clean” 3-phase power >> to run the >> peripherals (the CPU is 220v single phase) as I only have 220v single >> phase >> coming >> into my shop. >> >> Starting to power it up will probably be a while yet. ;-) >> > > Yes I remember having a gentle discussion with the University of Salford > electricians, who wanted to know why I wanted 2 x 100amp feeds for the room > into which the 4361 (I think it was a 4361, might have been a 4331 or 4341) > was placed. I don't think we ever loaded them at 100amps but that was what > IBM required. One was for the AirCon and the other for the CPU. If I remember > properly those disks are the truculent ones. Assuming you have AirCon they > need to sit for several hours to acclimatise. > > >> TTFN - Guy > > Dave > > >
