16 Oct
2007
16 Oct
'07
6:35 a.m.
On Tuesday 16 October 2007 08:37, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
Gah! If only you weren't so far away! The 11/780
is
one of those "Holy Grail" machines for me. Hmm, you're
not planning on visiting New York any time soon, are
you... (Pictures a station wagon with an 11/780
somehow strapped to the roof rack...) <grin>
It should only be $1k or so to get one shipped cross-country. They're
not too heavy.
After moving an 11/780 (big footprint) and IBM S/390 (small footprint)
into my place (the 780 by myself, and the 390 with the help of a
friend), well I can say I feel perfectly fine after the 780 (which I
had no help moving), unlike the sore knees I had for a few months after
moving the s/390 (which I had help with) (pushing both of them up a 10%
or so grade from the alley behind my place to the door).
IOW, 11/780 *light*, S/390 (or any similarly sized IBM gear) HEAVY. :)
Pat
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