>> 5 amps?!
>>
> 
> 5 amps per PCB. If IIRC TTL uses 250 ma per chip and there were 20 chips 
> per PCB and 6 PCBs. Include the losses in the PS and it was just less 
> than a Kw. It glowed <joke>

I've *seen* solid-state equipment glow. It's not funny. o_O

But anyway... 250 mA per chip? I thought it would be more like 0.5 mA 
per chip?

>> How thick was the damned wire??
> 
> Standard for the time. ;-)

Are we talking about the days when wires came insulated with fabric 
rather than plastic? :-P

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