Thanks for the compliment. I don't know if that was standard or not
for the DG - Nova.
The Canadian customs thing was a little difficult. Because the
systems were big, Sarnia customs thought it might be best to get a
bond. So I had to go see a broker and get a one trip bond for
transporting through Canada. This cost me $45 for $1000 worth of
goods ($2000 bond). I then had to prepare an itemized list with
values (kind of like a trucking way bill). I had never done anything
like this before so I thought it best to go speak to customs first.
They were pretty helpful and everything seemed to go a lot easier
because I was TRYING to do the right thing.
Coming back into the USA was easy because I already had all the
paperwork done for Canada. I just showed them all my paperwork and
was good to go.
Just as a side note, I took my wife and kids and we stayed overnight
at Niagara falls. Rescuing old systems can be fun for family members
too (even if they don't have the same interest).
Rob
On May 22, 2006, at 12:17 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 11:19 PM -0400 5/21/06, Robert Borsuk wrote:
Just got back from my Data General Nova rescue.
Thought I would
share some pics for anyone interested. Got the units from New
York, had to take them back through Canada (what a pain), back to
good ole Michigan.
Rob
http://homepage.mac.com/irisworld/PhotoAlbum2.html
Wow, DG is not my cup of tea, but those are some beautiful systems.
Very nice looking! Is that the standard setup for a Nova 4?
How interesting did customs make things travelling through Canada
to get home?
Zane
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