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bees

16th October 2009, 13:02
Hi Celadon,
Why did you need a Vax PDP mainframe? How big is it? What did it do to your electricity bills? Did it heat your house?
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jimc

16th October 2009, 14:23
Yes, tell all Celadon!

At home I have a http://www.vax.co.uk/shop/product/multifunction/-Vax-6131">Vax 6131 but only use it to clean floors as it's not good at sums.

It's not very big but is noisy and very orange.

JimC
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trevor

16th October 2009, 19:44
Spilt milk? Not a problem.
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celadon

16th October 2009, 20:50
It wasn't all that big, about the size of a small wardrobe. Electricity was cheap in those days.
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john (from arran)

19th October 2009, 12:01
Just checking in and I found this thread had descended to page four. What are all you guys playing at when I'm not around? This is coming from the free Internet cafe in Scotland's Secret Bunker in the wilds of Fife. If you are ever in this area pay it a visit, it is fascinating. Good coffee too. Back home on Wednesday.

Wish you were here!
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celadon

19th October 2009, 13:28
Has anybody got a good recipe for college pudding?
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the joker

19th October 2009, 14:32
John(from Arran)
How are we expected to find this place if it is a secret?
Hope you are having a nice time.
Joker
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helena

19th October 2009, 17:41
i'm also confused as there's a secret bunker nearby to where i live and i could never understand why they advertise it in local newspapers and road signs directing you towards it, surely if there is that much publicity they cannot call it secret anymore, perhaps bunker does not have the same appeal
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trevor

19th October 2009, 17:44
were they "secret" during the second big one - ww2?
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helena

19th October 2009, 18:10
they are about 50 years old and were built as a consequence of the cold war and were nuclear bunkers
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