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Re: What is the limit? (was RE: multi-homing fixes)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Wed Aug 29 23:57:33 2001

From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:57:35 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.33.0108292357280.1680-100000@neon> from "Alex Rubenstein" at Aug 29, 2001 11:58:09 PM
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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Alex Rubenstein said:
> 
> 
> 
> I recall something about liquid (something, could be nitrogen, or perhaps
> even mercury) that was chilled; PC Boards were then submersed in the
> liquid to keep cool.
> 
> Maybe on Crays?

Yep.

As I recall, some crays used H20 to cool side rails that clamped
onto the boards' edges. Other used some kind of CFC piped directly
onto the boards.



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