11 Mar
2007
11 Mar
'07
1:08 p.m.
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
On Sat, 2007-03-10 01:21:00 -0500, Sridhar Ayengar
<ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
I moved not one but two 11/780's into my basement by myself. I had to
remove every thing from inside the frame and carry it down the stairs (CPU
cardcage was the worst) then use a cable hoist to slide the frame down the
stairs.
I also moved an 11/750 down the stairs fully loaded (no sheetmetal
though.) When I move I think I'll pay somebody to get them back out....
Clint
Ethan Dicks wrote:
I once (with the help of a bunch of other people) was attempting to
unload a DECsystem 5810 (a VAX 6000-300, except with MIPS CPUs -- I got
the machine from Dave McGuire the first time I met him, and I still have
it) from a rental truck down the ramp and it started to tip off the side
of the ramp towards me. I wasn't standing at the time. It landed on me
as I was kneeling down. I caught it.
We (three friends and myself) once brought my VAX 6320 down into a
friend's basement. The box fittet the stairs quite exactly and all
four of us had quite aching bones for a month. OTOH, I don't think
that this box will come /out/ there ever. Maybe except if being cutted
down into pieces...
MfG, JBG
> I
think a 11/750 makes a fine single-user VMS "workstation" ;-)
Never trust a workstation that couldn't roll over you and smash you flat?
I almost had an 11/750 land on me, but I was able to coax it out of
the side door of a Chevy Astro mini-Van (alone) without getting
squished or pinched. That was a fun experience.