Miscellaneous Operating Systems/Hardware

So it's an actual AC unit not a swamp cooler? How does it get rid of its condensate? I've been looking for a good portable AC unit but haven't seen one yet that didn't have several points mentioned in the consumer reviews that were negative enough for me to disqualify it from consideration,

The temperature rises at night and goes down during the day ? Is that a daily pattern, Classy ? And if so, have you wondered why ?

@vishnu: it's an actual A/C unit - I get antsy about swamp coolers around electronics. The condensate exits with the exhaust. There is a water reservoir if you don't live in the middle of the desert like I do (but I've never had to empty it). This unit is an LG, specifically http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-LP ... B0055DTBOI

Do note that, as a rule, portable A/C units are less efficient than window mounted A/C units. I don't think a lot of people realize that, which is why portable units get bad reviews; people think they're something they're not. In my case, there's a security reason to use the portable device. If a window-mount unit will work for you, you'll probably like it better. I also have a standby A/C unit in the room for emergency cooling but it's never been turned on.

@hamei: simple explanation; the A/C turns off at night, since it detects cooler air in the intake (which is somewhat separated from the rest of the room), so the POWER6 heats up the room unopposed. The A/C is also run in energy saver mode, which turns off the ventilator fan when the compressor is not running. During the day, the air intake is hotter, and the A/C runs.

Hmm. Sounds like a Business Opportunity Almost all the home air conditioners here are split-function. The fan and condenser (?) are indoors, the compressor and heat exchanger are outside. Three insulated hoses run through the wall. (Pardon my lack of correct air conditioning terminology.) All the heat goes outdoors, all the cold stays indoors, no security vulnerability due to having the unit stuck in an open window, they make units small enough for small rooms, the only opening between them is a 3" diameter hole in the wall. Condensate is piped outdoors (that's the third tube.)

They work good, too. Mine is now on 24/7. It's 102* here these days, ugh (And about 300% humidity, Classy. I used to think Death Valley was hot.)

Well, I have a central unit, but I don't want it running all the time just to keep one room cold (it pulls 5kW, and even though it's a SEER 12 unit, it'll bankrupt me if it has to run all day). I thought about a split unit but right now this is good enough.

I'm sure. If the situation comes up again tho, and you are considering a split-function a/c but have doubts, they do work well. They make pretty small ones, too. And they don't seem to be expensive to run.

The only bad part is when you get them recharged every few years and the guy hangs out the window, standing on the outside unit that is mounted to some rusty old scrap iron screwed to the wall with wood screws into some dowels pounded into even crappier holes drilled in the loose masonry. Tenth floor. I can't believe we don't lose a lot of air conditioner guys every summer ....

How much wattage does the split unit pull?

Back on topic, I did manage to land an Ariadne II network card. It appears Amix doesn't support this card, sadly, but it looks like it should work fine with Workbench 2.1 and AmiTCP 3.0b2. After some cussing, I got the ancient version of CrossDOS on it to read a disk (as di0: , not pc0: ?!) from the Power Mac and got AmiCDROM installed, so now it can read ISO 9660 CDs. This will make things a lot easier.

Then I guess I should get WHDLoad working on it and play some of my old A500 games.

As far as Amix, I'm going to see if the Solbourne will talk to the tape drive. If it will, then maybe I can use the Solbourne to write the install tapes. The Solbourne is a relative of the sun4c family, so I think it will work. As people saw from my other thread, the A3070 does not handle LUNs correctly and freaked out the Indy, so there goes that idea.

Can't you write to the tape from Workbench2.1? I'm pretty sure there's utils on AmiNet for that. Would be easier than trying random UNIX systems...

The hard disk is something like 97% full. I want to back THAT up first, and I'd probably have to put another drive in. This computer is loaded to the brim with software; it even has CanDo and SAS/C.

Don't know, but it costs less than $20 a month during the summer ( 90 - 100*, the awful part is the nights aren't much cooler than the days). Don't know if it is more efficient or less efficient having the components separated but sems to work well. And it does solve that security problem.