On Monday 29 April 2002 19:34, you wrote:
> I can actually beet that date of the 80's. There was a computer running the
> a local state database (covering medical records and such) in an american
> state back in the early seventies I think and has only been recently
> decomissioned. It was hooked up to the water mains for its cooling and had
> copper pipes running over all the transistors and stuff in the unit. I`ll
> post the link if I find it
Yep, mainframes were notorious for their envionmental requirements. It's
funny how things come and go, as in the 90's it was a joke to have a water
cooled machine, now it's gaining net cred.
Rob
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