31 Oct
1998
31 Oct
'98
8:19 p.m.
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Computer Room Internet Cafe wrote:
I thought I did well moving a Vax 8530/6310 cluster,
complete with
2 HSC50's, TA78/TU78 and about 15 RA8x and some RA7x drives from
a warehouse to my parents house, then getting it up a narrow gap into a
vacant granny flat. Over gravel.
But we did have a forklift load it on the vehicle for us.
I think the PDP effort beats that one.
What about my uVAX II? I collected it from the 2nd floor (3rd floor in
US terms I think), 2 of us carried 2 RA81s and the 19" rack unit down a
steep, narrow, winding staircase and the out through the owner's garden
before loading it all into a medium six UK hatchback (Vauxhall Cavalier).
My other 3 RA* drives came from an old established University down even
narrower staircases. At this end I cheated, as I was moving them on my
own by then I brought them into the house by wheelbarrow :)
Regards
Pete