[rescue] Bigger Iron at Home (was: SNMP, Baby!)

[Carl R. Friend]

   On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Joshua Boyd wrote:

> Alas, for the apartment, there is no way to get an Onyx in past her.
> Well, I could, but she would be very angry.  However, I do have another
> place I could place and operate such things.

   This is why, in some cases, little bands of desperate people
gather together and all go in for a space separate from wives and
girlfriends.  RCS/RI is one example.  Who the Hell has the space
to run a PDP-12 at home, much less an all-up DECsystem 1090?  Not
that the 1090 actually runs (it is runnable, however, and in pristine
condition), mind you. 22 kilowatts of power (not including cooling)
costs....

> She did support me in spending money to buy smaller machines to replace
> a bigger one though.

   Typical.

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