It's like three mother-in-laws moving in. What was the power consumption on a minimal 370? Even a 360 would almost require another transformer at the poll . You could heat your house.
On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM Jon Elson via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/4/25 13:17, Jim Davis via cctalk wrote: > > But how can anyone home and feed a 370/168? > > > 168? No WAY! Massive weight, water cooling and massive > power consumption. But, a friend of mine had a 370/145 in a > bedroom of his house. We were trying to power it up with > the standard motor/generator set. but, to reduce the parts > they had to stock, I suspect IBM used a one size fits all > scheme. The motor was a 20 HP monster, but the 145 CPU only > used about 1600 W DC. Vast overkill, and the reactive power > that motor drew exceeded anything we could supply. We did > get it to spin, but had to have a guy hold the handle on the > breaker! > > Jon > >
