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The actual machine was loud, hot, and used lots of electricity. It made sense to put the computer in an air conditioned room (along with its equally large and p
by Suzuran 3y ago
The actual machine was loud, hot, and used lots of electricity. It made sense to put the computer in an air conditioned room (along with its equally large and power-hungry disk drives) and use a long interconnect to place the console somewhere more conducive to humans getting work done. The CADR and the LMI Lambda did this with long copper cables, the Explorer and Symbolics (post-LM2) used fiber.