7 Oct
1999
7 Oct
'99
5:03 a.m.
My only horror story so far was when Tim Shoppa and I were trying to move a
TU80 tape drive into my basement. It slipped off of the dolly and fell
about 18 inches, bending the frame on the rack.
This was easily fixed later that night however, by pressure applied from a
couple of pipe clamps and a long piece of sturdy 2"x"8", with a sledge
hammer to assist.
The TU80 still worked fine, needless to say.
Kevin
At 04:54 PM 07/10/99 +0100, you wrote:
Hi,
"Space
....This machine will alwas have a special place
in my collection
though, since it is so heavy I sprained a muscle in my back while
lifting it so bad that I needed several weeks of therapy to cure.
One of the hazards of the old computer collector...
Quite, I've managed to injure myself a number of times shifting medium/large
sized machines over the years.
I trapped a nerve in my back both times I shifted my old PDP-11/23+ (in an
H960 cab with a pair of RL-01s). And please, believe me, shifting a PDP-11/34
by yourself is NOT a good idea....my back muscles still wince at the thought.
Also managed to strain a couple of back muscles when I moved my SGI 4D/70GT
into the house. There were two of us moving that beastie and we'd taken all
the boards out of it first (they're about the weight of my 11/53 on their
own).
Not to mention that I've been in agony for a week now with a trapped nerve in
my shoulder. But then again there really was no way to disassemble that Invaders II" machine which I was moving out of the
house....
Anyone else hurt themselves, lost limbs etc??? ;-)
TTFN - Pete.
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