12 Nov
2010
12 Nov
'10
2:04 p.m.
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Teo Zenios <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
Nearly all of my heavy DEC stuff came from The Ohio State University
or businesses around Columbus. I did drive to Dayton once for an
11/750, but I've gotten no item larger than an RL01 or PDP-8/a or
VT-52 from out of state. There was the time I ordered an LA-180, but
I used a "free shipping on your next order" from Newman Computer
Exchange to order that - it came strapped down to a pallet via van
freight from MI, right to my front door. I did use it for consulting
work later (on a locally-sourced 11/23), but at the time, I picked the
heaviest thing for my PDP-8/a that I thought I'd be likely to want.
So I've spent a few hundred on renting lift-gate trucks and such over
the past thirty years, but even a double-H960 PDP-11/34 setup w/drives
and software and docs fit in the back of my 1976 Microbus with room up
front for a passenger/loadie.
I'm sure someone who collects IBM iron has an entirely different story to tell.
-ethan
Over a period
of 10 years, its not hard to sink $20K into shipping
fees alone when you collect stuff that needs to be shipped freight.
Sure if you collect large machines and have them shipped cross country. Most
of the heavy items I have are local pickups...