I know that. i was mixing two comments together. there was never a 
regular production liquid cooled VAX (the 9000 was originally planned for 
it but they went to air cooling to make it cheaper) , but the 9000's 
power consumption makes even that 8650 look like a power miser (20-30 
kw!) so i mused on the 9000 as the ultimate home heating system.. :) 

isildur

On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:52:36PM -0400, Lord Isildur wrote:
> > well, 22000 btu/hr is a bit less than most furnaces... which range in the 
> > 100000+ realm.. but it is still a respectable amount of heat for a 
> > Digital Electric furnaCe.. :) 
> > 
> > i would install a LOT of filters and actually run it using a small room not
> > much bigger than the vax as a heat exchanger, to not have the VAX's fans be
> > in series with the flow of air through the house- it would put more 
> > strain on the VAX even if you helped them out with other fans.. the heat will
> > not be lost anywhere, since youreheating the house one way or another.. :)
> > 
> > now... liquid cooled VAX? 
> > a VAX 9000 would be even better for heating a whole house.. 8-)
> 
> The VAX 9000 is not liquid cooled.
> 
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