Hi Guys
In addition to good stocks of PDP-8 panels as below I
have artwork ready to produce PDP-8/L
panels. In order to gauge the size of the first batch please indicate
your interest.
Rod (Panelman) Smallwood
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PDP-8/e PDP-8/f PDP-8/m PDP-8/i
Front Panels ex Stock - Order Now
> From: Todd Goodman
> Did you have any issues with customs bringing in the racked equipment
> from Toronto?
No; it just sailed right through. The fact that it was Canada->US probably
helped.
IIRC PakMail in Toronto picked a customs broker - or maybe we were talking
about doing that, and he decided we needn't bother? I forget now.
> Both times the carrier knew it was unpalleted computer equipment and
> did a good job using blankets and strapping them into the trucks.
> ...
> The other carrier did a great job .. They mostly ship antiques and
> pianos and other items that can be fragile and not palleted
> ...
> Both were very competitively priced in my experience.
Sounds like these were both so-called 'white glove' shippers, who do things
like furniture, etc.
Those are also an option, but in my experience, somewhat more expensive: when
I was shipping a pair of -11/84's from California to Virginia, the shipping
cost just about doubled when I had to switch from freight to 'white glove' for
them. Hence my advice to palletize stuff, and send it freight (at least for
cross-continent, where the difference really adds up).
Noel
> From: Devin Davison
> I am uncertain of a good service to use for the task, i need the
> machines to be packaged up / put on a pallet at the pickup location
I have had good luck with PakMail (http://www.pakmail.com/); I've had them
ship a couple of 6' racks (one from Arizona, one from Toronto), and been very
happy with the results.
The shipping cost in the Arizona case may not have been the absolute lowest
possible I could have secured had I been on the spot, looking around, but.. I
wasn't on the spot, looking around; and it was pretty reasonable (I've
shipped a number of large items from the West Coast, so I think I'm
reasonably well calibrated).
And they went to the person's house, picked the thing up, put it on a pallet,
and shipped it.
A tip for keeping costs down when shipping via freight (i.e. on a pallet,
which generally is a key thing to do to keep costs down) to one's house (i.e.
not a place with a loading dock): if you have a vehicle which can hold the
item(s), have it/them delivered to the nearest freight terminal, not the
house, and go pick it up. That way, they won't have to roll a truck with a
lift-gate to your house, which is an extra cost.
Every line I've ever used (SAIA, FedEx Freight, etc) were happy, when one
arrives to pick it up, to dump the shipment in their yard, and let one take
everthing off the pallet and load it all into your vehicle. (But check with
your local terminal first, to make sure they're OK with it. And check the
weather prediction to pick the day to go get it! :-) And you generally save a
couple of days, too.
I have discovered that a Ford Taurus wagon nicely holds an H960 6'x19" rack
(I joked that the car must have been designed by someone who collects old
gear :-), so I have been able to pick up a shipment consisting of _two_
H960's this way: one inside, and one on the roof rack. With only one person,
one has to remove the heavy units first, and put them in the car separately,
but it can be done.
Noel
I have purchased 3 large SGi crimson computers and need them shipped from
california to florida. I am uncertain of a good service to use for the
task, i need the machines to be packaged up / put on a pallet at the pickup
location, the owner is unable to do so. Usualy I would use YRC freight,
however they do not offer the service to package the machines on site.
Hopefully someone here can make a suggestion. Ive never dealt with shipping
something this large before. I did have a Microvax 3800 shipped with YRC
freight, however that was purchased through a business and was packaged
before shipping. The crimsons will be a bit larger.
I have the machines paid for, but figuring out the shipping has had me a
bit stumped for the past few days.
--Devin
we liked our winstar that was on a taurus wagon chassis I was told...
wish we still had it hauled a lot of stuff in it!
currently have a subaru forester... unfortunately is is not as much
volume as the winstar with the seats out! I hear the outback has a
longer cargo area.Ed#
In a message dated 11/25/2016 8:57:21 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
elson at pico-systems.com writes:
On 11/25/2016 05:49 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> I have discovered that a Ford Taurus wagon nicely holds an H960 6'x19"
rack
> (I joked that the car must have been designed by someone who collects old
> gear :-), so I have been able to pick up a shipment consisting of _two_
> H960's this way: one inside, and one on the roof rack. With only one
person,
> one has to remove the heavy units first, and put them in the car
separately,
> but it can be done.
>
No, it was designed by a guy whose wife plays harp in the
symphony. My cousin does that, and the Taurus from years ago
was the only station wagon that would fit it. The others
came up short by just one inch!
Jon
well that is good stuff and your scan were well done many thanks !
Ed#
In a message dated 11/25/2016 8:24:55 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
silent700 at gmail.com writes:
On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 4:03 AM, <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote:
> These are very nice! thank you for posting them!
> do you have anything else twx, telex or teletype?
Not that I've run across yet. There are some more terminal brochures
to come, however. Informer, among others.
j
These are very nice! thank you for posting them!
do you have anything else twx, telex or teletype?
Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)
In a message dated 11/24/2016 10:52:06 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
silent700 at gmail.com writes:
I received another big pile of random documentation this week and
these floated to the top and landed directly on my scanner:
http://chiclassiccomp.org/docs/index.php?dir=%2Fcomputing/WesternUnion
Circa 1968-9 Western Union TELEX brochures, rate charts and a little
bit of ASR32 technical data. Really interesting stuff for fans of
early data networks, as well as groovy graphic design!
Enjoy...
-j
This system has several tape drives, and possibly some Eclipse era
processor. If someone knows what this is they may want to rescue it.
There are three what appear to be 6' racks with various tape devices,
and a desk high cabinet. There are two 3 or so switch front panels,
one on one of the 6' racks, and one on the low boy rack, may be a simple
reset run power type panel for each.
Lincoln Nebraska
4822.33 bucks
Data-General-Model-CS-Series-200n-Commercial-Series-Terminal-Controller-Vintage/
http://www.ebay.com/itm/282212431051
No interest, just reporting. May want to ask the vendor if there is
more to this, and whether a possible system was scrapped. If so
explain to them that they have scrap iron, and should have sold the
system cabinets for real money.
thanks
Jim
