20 Oct
2003
20 Oct
'03
2:52 p.m.
John Rollins wrote thus:
LOL... I had an interesting way back when I got my
Series/1. Loading
into a minivan mind you... When it got to the loading dock there were
plenty of old cardboard boxes around(big ones!), so we piled them all
up next to the rack and tilted it over... Wham! Once "safely" on its
side, moved it into position and shoved into the back. Lots of fun!
Probably not the greatest idea, but that thing was rock solid.
<grin!> When I got my 8/I, a friend and I moved it by tipping it onto
its side and sliding it into the back of his car...
...a Ford Pinto hatchback. :)
We then somehow crammed an ASR-33 Teletype in beside it, fit the
paper tape trays and documentation notebooks into every nook and gap
left in the car, and then tried to climb in. We succeeded. My elbows
were on the dashboard for the entire trip, and I was acutely aware
of the fact that any sudden braking would probably result in a
six-foot DEC cabinet sliding forward and packing me neatly into the
glove compartment.
The amazing thing is that we were, somehow, also able to close the
hatchback. :)
...We were young and stupid then. The next time I get a machine of
that size I'm hiring a truck and a crew and a furniture dolly and a
big ramp, thank you very much... or, at the very least, I won't be
using a Ford Pinto again. :) :)
-O.-