[rescue] 670MP windfall in the surplus diving frenzy today.....

[Joshua D. Boyd]

I just loved the reaction when I went to get a new computer and walked in
the door carrying a Sun 511 drive case.  "Whoah, that is a huge computer."
"Uhm, this is just the external harddrive".  Then I wheeled in the 3/160
case.

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Joshua Boyd

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Dan Debertin wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
> > On June 20, Dan Debertin wrote:
> > > Well, they weigh a ton and cost roughly $10/mo to power. They also throw
> > > off a lot of heat and noise. If those aren't problems for you, enjoy!
> >
> >   I become more and more amused at statements like this as time goes on.
> >
> >   Hasn't anyone here ever seen a BIG computer, one whose processor
> > measures in the dozens of 6' racks and has a building built around it?
> 
> Sure I have; I'm just not interested in telling fish stories. We've all
> seen biiig computers. Biiiiig deal.
> 
> > There's nothing big or heavy about a Sun '70 chassis.  Good grief.
> 
> Context, Dave. If you're at a swapmeet, like the original poster claimed
> to be, and you're going to be taking it home, as I also assume the
> original poster was, then "big" is:
> 
> a) anything you can't get into your car yourself, or
> 
> b) anything your spouse would laugh at if you brought in the door.
> 
> The difference between that kind of "big", which is really quite small,
> and the "big" that you describe, is a matter of perspective.
> 
> It doesn't matter.
> 
> Dan
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