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From: pf@diab.UUCP (Per Fogelstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: IBM mainframe for sale (Really 400/416 Hz power for Crays)
Message-ID: <331@ma.diab.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 05:44:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: ma.331
Posted: Mon Oct 12 05:44:32 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Oct-87 08:50:36 EDT
References: <4673@nsc.nsc.com> <2944@phri.UUCP> <365@nuchat.UUCP> <2952@phri.UUCP> <2075@kitty.UUCP>
Reply-To: pf@ma.UUCP (Per Fogelstrom)
Organization: Diab Data AB, Taby, Sweden
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In article <2075@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>In article <2952@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>> > Have you considered just *how much* a Cray [...]  would weigh if they
>> > used 60 Hz power instead? Not to mention the hum from the massive
>> > transformer cores vibrating at 60 Hz, and the energy loss...
>> 
>	There is a ready supply :-) of off-the-shelf OEM transformers and
>power supplies intended for military applications that operate at 400 Hz.
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Mabye You hit the head of the nail !!!..........