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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!news.u.washington.edu!davidb
  3. From: davidb@ce.washington.edu (David W. Barts)
  4. Subject: Re: Old Apollo system wanted....
  5. Message-ID: <davidb.714161697@atlas>
  6. Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: University of Washington
  8. References: <1992Aug13.160654.21360@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <5a8a88e9.1bc5b@pisa.citi.umich.edu> <1992Aug18.172226.908@u.washington.edu>
  9. Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 18:14:57 GMT
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  12. davidb@zeus.ce.washington.edu (David W. Barts) writes:
  13.  
  14. >                   I once did a back-of-the-envelope estimate of
  15. >electricity costs to keep an old VAX up and running continuously, and
  16. >it was in the low five figures per year.
  17.  
  18. I must have remembered this wrong.  I just did a few calculations
  19. and $2000 - $4000/yr seems more reasonable.  Still not pocket
  20. change, however.
  21.  
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  23. David Barts  N5JRN                      UW Civil Engineering, FX-10
  24. davidb@ce.washington.edu                Seattle, WA  98195
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