Altair Fan

[Tony Duell]

> 
> Tony Duell wrote:
> 
> >>
> >>Tony, you have to have a consistent story on this one.  You don't have 
> >>$100 to buy a used but usable PC for the times that one is needed, but 
> > 
> > 
> > You know full well that $100 is by no means the total cost of ownership 
> > for that PC for the length of time I'll want to be using it.
> > 
> 
> OK, so you've got the running costs.  Let's just look at that:

I have said this many time... The costs I am taliing about are the costs 
to get the tools and test gear to be able to maintain that machine for as 
long as I want to use it. 


> <clamp meter on 4-way extension strip cable to my PC>
> ... about 200 watts, less a bit for the hifi amp and mixer that are 
> currently running.  Say 120-150 watts for a Duron 1100 and a 19" 
> monitor, that is run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Probably about as 
> much power as the cooling fans alone in my PDP11 rack.
> 
> Not really a lot, is it?

More than the electricity costs of reading a book (either by daylight or 
by compact fluorescent lamp at night)....

-tony