Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Blast From Past - IBM 670 Mag Drum Computer Date: 5 Jul 2025 18:05:17 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net cJsIHIIhJXwb/GTeQ8NNKgxCFnGjb/FPcJ2xiDVRVE8hVjPmAL Cancel-Lock: sha1:DcI+AZLi3k+GZmF5Jwkz3cZbakI= sha256:Lrva4y/c1oUVByZGeabASJ7PNtrFx961IiGh0kPFjTw= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:69370 On Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:30:01 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > In actual fact, it was usually possible to find a happy medium where > both the people and the computers were comfortable - but a lot of people > couldn't handle the concept. I remember getting into "thermostat wars" > when visiting customer sites. I would sneak the thermostat up into the > comfortable zone, and when the customer staff walked in they'd crank it > right back down. The company I work for is housed in an old factory. While that lends a certain charm like the Boston area tech companies in old mill buildings it also is a HVAC nightmare. I think every HVAC company in town took a shot at it with mixed success. To avoid roasting the second floor occupants the programming area usually was a refrigerator with DIY cardboard deflectors covering the vents. Flannel in August was de rigeur. otoh in the winter we were toasty while other parts of the building were trying to type in mittens.