> ------------------------------<snip>---------------------------- > Tubes can be VERY noisy, electrically. Even if they're > virtually silent > when you're standing there listening. > ------------------------------<unsnip>----------------------------
I was a young lad I would watch (and listen) most intently as my father would frequently open up the back of our tube TV to effect repairs. I am quite certain that I recall hearing a steady background hum of mumbled curses emanating from the tubes. If you scale that up by the far greater number of tubes which a ca. 1950's computer must have contained vs. the 1950's TV, I'm quite certain the noise level might have been considered objectionable to some. Bill Bass Senior Applications Developer United Health Care Greenville, SC This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
