Symbolics transport (was: Re: Getting Unix to run on a PDP-11 /34)

Why stop the discussion, you're right: a 7.5 ton (metric tons, as per old class II driving license in Germany) car like a Mercedes-Benz 813 or 814 is a good thing. In ancient times, I owned half of a little company owning such a truck. The largest freight (in terms of computers) it ever had to take besides company stuff was a pair of VAX8600s plus two HSC50s and a couple of four-high RA disk closets (the SA482, IIRC). Yes, we used a forklift to get that stuff onto the truck. And it was something like half loaded with that. Today, I own a Passat Variant (1991 model). It can take a single 19" rack if you can tilt it to load, but some of the rack will stick out at the back (tested, that's where my PDP-11/34A now lives). Way back in the 70s, when I was in Nebraska for a visit, I noticed that what we call the "Passat" was known as the "Dasher" in the States. -- Andreas Freiherr Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany http://www.vishay.com