________________________________________ From: cctalk [[email protected]] on behalf of Peter Corlett via cctalk [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 6:45 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: BBS software for the PDP 11
On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 12:25:44PM +0200, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: >> The plate on the back of my 11/93 says 345 Watts. That's about a fifth what >> your >> wifes hair dryer draws. Or slightly more than 3 100 watt light bulbs > Jesus wept. > Are you certain that this alleged "hair dryer" is not in fact a hot-air paint > stripper? And that the said "wife" is not in fact some form of robot with a > heatproof coating? I was more thinking of the several tens of kilolumens that you'd get from 345W of modern high-efficiency LED lighting. It'd give you a decent tan, for a start. __________________________________ But, seriously, just how many households do you think have made the move to LED lighting? The amount of energy wasted in the average house, especially those with wives and children (your wife never forget to turn off her curling iron?) makes the power used by a QBUS PDP-11 pale in comparison. bill
