[offlist] Re: Fast MBus modules

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Zane H. Healy wrote:
> At 2:35 AM -0500 8/1/07, Doc Shipley wrote:
>>   With TI<mumble>390 CPUs?  I had an SS20 that came with a pair of 
>> them.  It was stupid fast, but you could perc coffee over the fan 
>> vent.  I might still have that thing, or at least the SM52s.  You want 
>> 'em?
> 
> While they're something I've wanted for years, I have to admit that I 
> have absolutely no use for them, and they would most likely be better 
> off going to someone that would use them.  I haven't powered on my 
> SS20/712 in nearly 5 years.  Now if OpenBSD supported multiple CPU's 
> that would be a different matter. :^)
> 
> Now the real question is which is worse, the heat from a SS20/514, or a 
> SunBlade 1000!  The SunBlade puts out so much heat I only really use it 
> to low-level format HD's for my VMS box. :^(

Why is it so bad?  My quad-proc 1.4GHz POWER4+ doesn't put out that much 
heat.  Not even close.

Peace...  Sridhar