Dear Santa, I would like a VAX....

You're not kidding - not so long back a local college I do work for decided to toss their 4000-500 plus RRD42 and TLZ06; fortunately I was there at the time with a suitably sized estate car (station wagon for our US readers) so

2 of us managed to lift it into the back. When I got home I had to completely strip it down in situ just to lift the bits out on my own and get it in the house. In my reseller days the 4000 series were delivered on a pallet with extra ramps to allow you to wheel the machine down to ground level and now I know why :) Spent a happy couple of hours or so tonight getting my Alpha 3000-400 and uVAX 3100-90 going again after a few months in storage, and I wish we could afford the power to have 2 webservers going at the same time! Since we moved into this house we've doubled our power requirements just for heating and lighting; 3 machines going at the same time hasn't helped, so an extra VAX sized load on things *definitely* won't help :) cheers -- adrian/witchy www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the online computer museum www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - monthly gothic shenanigans