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Re: [LUG] DIY supercomputer

 

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:21:56 +0100
tom <tombrough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Before we embark on this project I would just like to know 2 things :-
> 
> 1. Does anyone know what the environmental impact is of having 20 750Mhz 
> machines running continually and contiguously ?

Judging by DebConf where we had ~400 laptops and various network kit
running off (IIRC) 8x13 amp sockets - not good!
;-)
 
You could tell when there were popular talks starting because the
lights got brighter when their laptops went into suspend!

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