26 Oct
2009
26 Oct
'09
12:22 p.m.
If it were in
the hands of someone who actually carecd about it,
could it be
made to run?
The "never run again" comes from the DEC service engineer. He told the
Kiel official people (and me) that it would be possible (if the docs and
cables etc. were still there, of course) to get the system back to work.
But for that he would need at least one year of work (3 month to move
the system from one building to another, with 4 people!!). He is sure
that nobody else would be able to get it running. And he is not