1 Nov
1998
1 Nov
'98
3:33 a.m.
Oh, come now... B^} The king of gear moving is (and probably will remain
for some time) Paul Pierce (keeper of the mainframe collection).
Estimated to be around 75 TONS in overall weight (as noted in a Wall Street
Journal (!) article on Friday), Paul has moved the entire collection at
least three times that I can think of, before it arrived in its current
(permanent) home.
Some might want to have a look at the WSJ article. It also features quotes
from a number of names that most will be familiar with.
Its (the article)
easy enough to find... it begins on the front page!
-jim
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At 10:19 AM 11/1/98 +0000, Pete wrote:
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Computer Room Internet Cafe wrote:
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jimw(a)agora.rdrop.com
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I thought I did well moving a Vax 8530/6310
cluster, complete with
2 HSC50's, TA78/TU78 and about 15 RA8x and some RA7x drives from
a warehouse to my parents house, then getting it up a narrow gap into a
vacant granny flat. Over gravel.
But we did have a forklift load it on the vehicle for us.
I think the PDP effort beats that one.
What about my uVAX II? I collected it from the 2nd floor (3rd floor in
US terms I think), 2 of us carried 2 RA81s and the 19" rack unit down a
steep, narrow, winding staircase and the out through the owner's garden
before loading it all into a medium six UK hatchback (Vauxhall Cavalier).
My other 3 RA* drives came from an old established University down even
narrower staircases. At this end I cheated, as I was moving them on my
own by then I brought them into the house by wheelbarrow :)