11 May
2009
11 May
'09
7:53 p.m.
In article <FF6AB92D97A23A409701CDBF66F03FCD2E96AD7C at 505fuji>,
Ian King <IanK at vulcan.com> writes:
You're right, it's rarely worth taking a
'road trip' these days,
and the better shipping companies offer a good deal.
I take the road trip when its a drive I feel like making.
I drove to Carson City, NV to get my PDP-11/03 with dual RL01s and LA-120.
It involved a UHaul trailer rental and trailer hitch installation
on my car. It was interesting getting the stuff out of the storage
location and into the trailer. I had underestimated the weight of
the 11/03's cabinet and the disk drives. I think there's a 75 lb.
counterbalancing weight in the base of that thing!
I've also driven down to Tucson, AZ twice (about 12 hr. drive) to get
SGI gear from a member of this list.
I've also driven to Boise, ID for an HP2648A graphics terminal (about 5
hr. drive). That was an interesting return drive because it was dark
as I hit the little mountain range between Idaho and Utah and given
the time of year, there was one last winter storm in the making.
There were some seriously challenging driving conditions on the road
through through those hills -- fortunately I didn't have any sort of
trailer or van to deal with, but it was pretty hairy in a few spots.
And I agree about the C64s. :-) -- Ian=20
Not to knock C=64s at all, they are nice little 6502 graphics and
sound machines. But they are definately a commodity item made in the
millions of units, not something like a Gould.
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