Only the name! -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 10:58 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Powerful z machine
Tom Harper wrote: > I knew z machines were awesome, but this is amazing: 80 times the > world's electrical power usage (for a fraction of a second): > > http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060313.html It is good to distinguish power (Watt-measured) and energy (Joul-measure, or kWh, which is 3.6MJ). AFAIR an average lightning (I'm NOT talking about HDS DASD) has a power of 10GW (power installed in all polish plants is approx. 32-36GW). However the energy of the lightning is approx. 1.2 kWh or less. During some labour excercises I got over 250 000 Volts and approx. 1GW from Marx generator. BTW: Is it related to mainframe at all ? -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
