29 Oct
2005
29 Oct
'05
7:54 p.m.
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
Patrick shipped it signature required. It was signed for by "P.
Orch". Even the FedEx claims department were not amused. I never
collected on the damage (because they insisted I let them pick it up
"for instection" and that Pat file the claim, and I wasn't about to give
them another chance to break it), but they did make the driver come
apologize in person for leaving it without a signature.
It's awfully hard to kill an RS/6000.
Doc
Doc Shipley wrote:
Yes, and by the well-known principle of "like attracts like", I now
have 2 of them. The second has 2GB RAM, FWD SCSI, and 10/100 ethernet.
It and an F40 cost me $50.
I can attest to that. Pat Finnegan shipped me
a 7013-591 last year.
It's a deskside POWER RS/6000, roughly the size of a DEC BA123
chassis. It's a reinforced composite frame, so much lighter than a
BA123.
That's a *very* nice machine. That's the IBM plastic which is stronger
than steel. 8-) Patrick
padded and boxed it with his usual zeal, but it arrived at
my house looking like FedEx towed the carton to my house on a rope.
Several of the memory boards were unseated, as were the SCSI and
ethernet MCA cards, and the frame itself was cracked.
Time for someone to be drawn and quartered in effigy. The design
of that system prevents any of the boards from bouncing
around inside even after coming out of their slots. I reseated
everything, checked all the heatsinks and system board connections,
put a BandAid on the frame break that's visible, and put it in service.
Excellent!