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Re: Cooling a HP desktop

From	Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.hardware
Subject	Re: Cooling a HP desktop
Date	2026-06-07 22:09 -0400
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On Sun, 6/7/2026 5:18 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> 
> Indeed. I realized that before purchasing, so my first machine had two 360K floppies :-)
> 
> No hard disk. Some friend had a 10 MB HD and complained it was over full. I could not understand how he could fill that lot of disk space.
> 
> I wonder why those people wanted a computer in the submarine. Was it for job things, or for playing? :-)
> 
> I'll never know.
> 

It's less likely to be for computation, and more likely to be
for recording some signal. A single core computer running at
low megahertz, isn't going to impress anyone :-)

A 10MB drive, wouldn't have been sufficient for much of any
real projects.

And no media really had density back then.

An activity of interest back then, was hydrography,
the making of maps, including depth charts of the ocean.
You don't need a submarine to do that, a hydrography
ship will do nicely. And a regular ship can have a bit
more space for tapes. The ship that used to do occasional
work of that sort was retired, and a brand new ship
was delivered this year. Looks really pretty with a
fresh coat of paint on it. Not something ships can
keep for very long, fresh paint.

Now, you could go on a cruise, with your 22TB drive.
And the drive might be slightly cheaper than that 10MB one.

   Paul

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    Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-05-31 23:19 -0400
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        Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-01 22:31 -0400
          Re: Cooling a HP desktop sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-06-03 17:18 -0500
            Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-03 19:45 -0400
              Re: Cooling a HP desktop sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-06-04 09:23 -0500
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-04 13:26 -0400
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2026-06-06 10:38 -0500
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-06 19:19 +0200
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-07 03:09 -0400
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-07 14:55 +0200
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-07 14:46 -0400
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-06-07 23:18 +0200
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-07 18:56 -0400
                Re: Cooling a HP desktop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-06-07 22:09 -0400

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