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Monitoring the vintage server room (and reverse-engineering USB sensors)
- cyberpunk 5y agoI find how untidy that room is deeply disturbing for some reason.. We're all different, I guess. Also didn't know WG could snoop USB, a neat trick!
- classichasclass 5y agoWell, we're moving, so. At one stage it was cleaner!
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoWhy do you need a 12,000 BTU air conditioner for 3 computers?
- classichasclass 5y agoIt's more than that, and the POWER6 in particular and the RAIDs run a bit warm anyway. It may be overkill but it's never failed to keep the room cool even during bad summers.
- nebula8804 5y agoMaybe I'm biased but this seem common with all the "retro computer" enthusiasts I have met.
- drewzero1 5y agoAt least in my own experience, using vintage tech often requires collecting a bunch of ancillary equipment to get it to work, communicate, etc. Often you'll end up needing to keep multiple generations of networking equipment, monitors, peripherals, all only compatible with certain systems due to either age or brand ecosystem. I've seen a few neat setups where people specialize in one era of one brand. I am not one of those people and my computer room looks a lot like the pictures.
- marcosdumay 5y agoIs it possible to gather non-standard hardware and have a tidy room? (Whether you are developing, collecting, studying, or just using it doesn't seem to matter.) It would certainly oppose all of my expectations.
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- Borrible 5y agoI like that. So, on the right from the Mac, is that fire extinguisher or bug spray?
- ubercore 5y agoFire extinguisher.
- classichasclass 5y agoFire extinguisher. We call it the budget halon system. ;)
- Borrible 5y agoThank God, no debugger needed. :)
- reph2097 5y agoPortable air conditioners don't work.
- classichasclass 5y agoIt works fine. The room stays cool in summer because the outflow duct is wide for good flow, plus insulated and separated from the rest of the room so it doesn't radiate its heat back in. I've seen some bad portable A/C installs and they were inefficient because they did something like make the exhaust tube too long, or reduce the calibre (thereby making it basically a partial blockage), or fail to insulate things properly. They're not a panacea, but they do the job.
- R0b0t1 5y agoAre you OP? Have you looked into a minisplit? You can install it through any wall. Some come with linesets long enough to run to an interior room. It's what I use for my "server room."
- watersb 5y agoMore awesome from the remarkable tech monster that ported a modern Mozilla Firefox port on the PowerPC Macintosh MacOS "Classic" (pre OS X) platform, for at least a decade the lone developer. Windmill tilting boss level. Classic will always have class. ("Have class" is American~ English slang for "sophisticated" or "worthy of envy", as in "upper class" vs "low class". 20th Century Cinema Standard.)