13 Jan
2010
13 Jan
'10
7:48 a.m.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 01:29:51PM -0800, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Hehe. When I brought my Vax 6210 into the basement, I disassembled it. Of course, that
massive cabinet doesn't come apart, but the doors and top come off, the blowers and
power supplies can be removed, and it can be made somewhat lighter and more manuverable.
I've also moved another Vax 6000 by myself - loading it into the van on it's
side, then getting it out and standing up on it's casters again. I must say,
that's very difficult (and probably rather stupid) to do alone.
-Ian
My entry in this competition is when I moved my VAX 11/750 into my
apartment. We were two people and had to move the machine up one flight
of stairs. We removed blower, PSU and sides and put it on a hand truck.
My friend took the handle bars and went first, and I pushed from below.
It went very smoothly the first steps but then the stairs took a 90
degree turn it became impossible for me to put any force behind my
pushing.
Luckily for me my friend is related to the hulk and pulled the VAX
_alone_ for the last four steps. I'm very glad he made it, because
should he have lost grip, I would have had VAX on top of me.
I also have an "anecdote" related to the original topic. In a metal
factory where I used to work there was some big industrial machinery
being moved. One part was weighing in at about a metric ton, and it too
started slipping from a forklift. One of the workers stepped in and said
"I got it". Well no one has ever "gotten" one metric ton. This guy was
lucky, he only lost one arm. It is better to see a nice piece of
equipment smashed than be smashed under it which is something I always
try to remember.
Cheers,
Pontus.