3 Nov
2015
3 Nov
'15
7:44 a.m.
On 11/2/2015 9:15 PM, Mike Ross wrote:
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Connor Krukosky
<connork at connorsdomain.com> wrote:
I have personally seen that kind of operation before. Back in the day a
PDP-11/20 was delivered to a group doing a legal records project here in
Madison WI into a house basement using similar techniques, though I
don't think any lifting equipment was required - just tilting some racks
to pretty acute angles to get them under the door header.
And then there was the "Connecticut" 1401...
JRJ
I recently won an IBM z890 via auction for $237.
Congratulations! Mainframes are fun!
It was a very interesting adventure to retrieve
this machine since it weighs
1500LBS on a good day, and well myself only clocking in around 115LBS I
needed the help of a few friends and family to get this thing into the
basement...
So I see. I thought I was mad. Shoehorning that thing under that deck
is about the silliest bit of computer preservation nonsense I've ever
seen! Well done! Exactly the kind of thing I might do :-)