17 Aug
2006
17 Aug
'06
11:15 a.m.
Don wrote:
Hi,
I am desperately trying to make room here so my ASR-33 has got to go.
I'll either eBay it or ship it off for "long term storage" ;-)
I think you'll sell it quicker here:
http://marketplace.vintage.org/
In either case, I need to pack it so it will survive
the
UPS gorillas.
Pack plenty of bannana's ... wait that is for REAL gorillas.
I figured pull the mechanism off the base (is the base
REALLY
worth saving??) and put it in one box (the mechanism) and
the "skin" in another. Wrap each in plastic. Shoot the
*mechanism* box full of self-expanding foam -- so everything is
encased in a conformal block of foam (the plastic wrap
preventing the foam from migrating into the mechanism itself).
And pack the skin in "cheetos" (peanuts)?
There is way to properly pack ASR-33 known on this list,
but you may need to wait a day or so for that information.
There is a TIE down bolt that you use with the base and
the printer part. Does this have the reader/run relay option
for use with a PDP-8?