[Suns-at-Home] E3500

[Sheldon T. Hall]

Quoth Ben Lewis ...
>
> I managed to obtain an Enterprise 3500 this week.
[snip]
> It has 4Gb of RAM, 5 x 18Gb disks and six processors. Massive  
> overkill for a home machine but it's fun to run even if it's 
> much too noisy to leave running over night.

I don't know about that "overkill" bit.  It sounds about right to me, but
then my home machine is an SGI Challenge L of about the same size.

> The good thing is that I've been able to turn the heating
> right off today as it's able to warm the whole house! 

Same here.  Plus, since we heat with electricity, the computers heat the
house just as efficiently (BTU/dollar) as the furnace would, plus they do
something useful into the bargain.

When it comes to home computers, too much is just enough.

-Shel