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In article <11212.484...@mts.rpi.edu> Greg_d...@mts.rpi.edu (Commander Krugannal) writes:
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>      Speaking of folklore, I think it might be interesting to 
>   hear various names for computers. Here at RPI, we have had
>   several computers. The first, (sorry not sure what it was)
>   was actually 4 hung together. This of course was known as
>   "Bob&? and Ted&Alice" ( I believe, I am much to young to have
>   ever seen the show it was named after. ) The next computer
>   (I believe, I may have left one out), was a large behometh known
>   as "Fat Albert". This I believe was a IBM 3033. The heat it
>   produced was used to heat the building in which it was housed.

Actually, after Fat Albert there was Godot, as in "Waiting For."
After that, there was Myron.  *Then* RPI had Sybil.

>   After this computer, we had a IBM 3081D with dual processers.
>   And of course, being split brained, it was known as Sybil. This
>   was replaced a year ago to a newer and faster computer, a 3090-200S
>   But the projections show that it will be outdated in less than 2 
>   years. So the (not so) obvious name: "Maginot" after the french line
>   of defense that was obsolete before it was finished. When we get
>   our next computer, I'll let you all know what we name it.
>     Also, how many places have computer center in a converted chapel,
>   complete with stained glass windows?

RPI is very proud of that computer center now.  When I was there,
around 1980-1981, the school wanted to tear down the chapel and build
a brick shoebox for a computer center.  Students protested.
Vehemently.  So the school converted the chapel into a computer
center.  (Essentially it's a building built within the chapel shell.)
Now, of course, it's famous and RPI shows it off without ever
mentioning the student role.  Sigh.





>     (oh, btw, the 3090 no longer provides enough heat to heat the
>   building, but no problem, the phone system does that now!)