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From: roy@phri.UUCP
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Subject: Re: IBM mainframe for sale
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Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 09:44:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  2 09:44:22 1987
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In article <4673@nsc.nsc.com> woolsey@nsc.UUCP (Jeff Woolsey) writes:
> Cray power is 400Hz

	Ah, so that's why they run so fast! :-)

	But seriously, I'm curious; why?  The only other place I know where
400 Hz power is used is on aircraft, because you can make the power
transformer cores lighter.
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016