[HECnet] Apparently good news from VSI

[Dave McGuire]

On 4/22/20 3:53 PM, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>> Fred <fcoffey at misernet.net> wrote:
>> My DS10 isn't *too* bad ...
> 
>   Define "too" and "bad" :)   I have a DS20E (a really nice system BTW) and
> it uses about 300W on a good day.  Of course, it has two CPUs, 4GB of RAM
> and four SCSI drives.
> 
>    OTOH, I have an Intel Atom fanless server with an SSD thingie that runs
> Ubuntu and several simh instances.  It can simulate a MicroVAX, a KS10 and a
> PDP-11, all probably faster than the original hardware, and uses only about
> 15W.  

  Wow.  Bob I think you and I have very, very different ideas of "high
power consumption". ;)

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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