27 Oct
2011
27 Oct
'11
10:11 a.m.
In article <alpine.DEB.2.00.1110262235320.28156 at sleipnir.cs.csubak.edu>,
David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> writes:
I've shipped a few IMSAIs and Altairs. These
things weigh around 45
pounds. My usual thing is to wrap it in enough large pink bubblewrap to
turn it into a marshmellow: about six inches of wrap all around. Put it
in a box with four or so inches of clearance and put blocks of styrofoam
in that clearance.
Basically you're using the bubble wrap for shock absorption. My
problem with people using blocks of styrofoam is that they *think*
this provides shock absorption when it doesn't. Packing peanuts are
superior in this regard. I have had units arrived damaged because
people use bricks of styrofoam and think they're providing protection
when they aren't. There's a reason people use peanuts and not busted
up bricks for shipping.
mine lost an Atari Abaq when some doofus drove a
forklift through the box.
There isn't much you can do to protect against this and it will
always be a risk. But this isn't typical and not the result of
"chimps" tossing your box off the truck.
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