Computer report V: Power supplies: How to trim the budget: Orphaned in the world of decreasing cost-per-bit, power conditioning equipment cries for cost reduction

In these energy-short days of the mid-1970s, consumers of electric power face the limits of quantity as well as quality in meeting current needs. Computer systems don't require great amounts of power, but they do have very particular appetites that must be met if meaningful operation is to be maintained. With only a brief interruption or fluctuation in diet, these complex machines can quickly forget all their clever tricks.