On 2017-02-20 21:18, Phil Budne wrote:
Not sure how meaningful sound is. In general, I would not be able to
tell one computer from another. The noise normally comes from lots of
fans, and they sound the same no matter which computer they are in.
My first thought about the sound of a KL10 was the roar of the fans
and the cold of machine room. But I remember when I would take Boston
University's 2060 (Orange KL10) stand-alone, I would fiddle with the
FE switches to move the console from the LA36 to an VT100 in the
Operator's room next door: I remember I could hear the creaking sound
of the RP06 PS: device seeking each time I issued the RSX20F boot
command to try a new monitor image.
Yeah... :-)
Although I'm almost impressed if you could hear the noise of the head
seeks on the RP06 over that noise.
But if you think the fans on a KL roar, you should try the VAX-8650...
But that's the only time I remember knowing a change in sound was
because of something I had done...
It's kind of like, you can hear noises, if you are really close to a
specific device, but that's not normally what you would be doing. You'd
be sitting at a terminal, or the front panel, and work...
Johnny
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