29 Jun
2000
29 Jun
'00
10:55 a.m.
Sounds like that off-shore drilling platform we have been hearing about
<grin>
I've made a start on mine. I just bought a house on a community airstrip
and it has a 1200 sq ft hangar. I don't have a plane yet so here is the
plan.
1. Move collection into the hangar. - DONE
2. Move into the house - This weekend
3. Start planning for remodel to include second story over garage and
hangar. - Planning
4. Organize collection in hangar. Take inventory for the first time.
5. Weed out stuff that doesn't fit with collection. Offer orphans to this
group for cost of shipping . (No big iron here)
6. Remodel (Start purging exccess inventory)
7. Move Collection into allocated area of remodel.
8. Start shopping for airplane now that computers have a new home.
Probably a 10 year plan but at least the collection is dry and protected.
George
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George L. Rachor Jr. george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Will Jennings wrote:
Well...
It would be an entire building, I like Marvin's 10,000 sq ft. minimum, as
for the fire protection, I'd for sure want halon or something similar, i.e.
NO water! A raised floor of course, but with twice the normal height under
the floor. Also, a basement area containing some massive transformers (so I
could get 440 volt power), and diesel generators in the event of power
failure. There would also be room for a water cooling system, in the event I
ever get lucky enough to own an IBM 3033 or other water-cooled machine.
Central air is a must, I'd require it to be a positive air flow environent,
meeting mil specs. Definetly climate-controlled, I like the fireproof room
for docs and software idea, also a seperate room for spare boards and misc
stuff. It would have to have an area for disk pack storage too. Another
seperate workshop-type room, with logic analyzer, scope, etc. Also, multiple
humongous 3-phase UPS's, just in case. Hell, why not my own substation?
Also, a loading dock at semi height would be good, and there would be a nice
long sloped ramp too.
Will J
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