govliq: Gould Concept/32 model 32/67 & Kennedy 9-track tape (Jacksonville, FL)

In article <FF6AB92D97A23A409701CDBF66F03FCD2E96AD77 at 505fuji>, Ian King <IanK at vulcan.com> writes: Try 1600 lbs of Evans & Sutherland image generator in two cabinets, that'll put a dent in your wallet! For freight shipping, I look at it this way... What would it take in your time and expenses to go to where the item is located, load it on a truck and drive it home? Most of the time, its cheaper to have a service (even Craters & Freighters which isn't the cheapest service as they focus on quality of service not price) handle the details than it is to do it myself. The only time I took the trip myself was when I had a friend that was willing to help me load and it was literally a penske truckload of stuff that was coming back (4 rack SGI reality monster, Challenge XL, Onyx XL, deskside Crimson, box of spaceballs). Even then it only just about broke even with what it would cost a service, when you consider time off from work, food, gas, hotels, truck rental, etc. For all the other monster stuff I've accumulated, its been worth it to have a service handle the details. Currently the rates for pickup+packing+freight amount to about $1-$1.50/lb of freight, depending on distance travelled. I have pretty much gotten used to having to ship things because there just isn't anything locally vintage-wise. This ain't Silicon Valley and there are no big government installations around (LLL, LBL, LANL, INL, NASA, etc.). The universities here seem pretty good on turning over their old computer stock fairly quickly, so there aren't a lot of holdouts laying about in property surplus. The collectors of arcade games and classic cars face pretty much the same issues. Yeah, shipping wouldn't be an issue if I collected C=64s, but where's the fun in that? -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>