21 Oct
2000
21 Oct
'00
10:11 p.m.
Jerome asks:
I guess I pay too much attention to details, but which
single computer is it
you are going to pick up.
A PDP-10 (KL10) system.
Sorry I can't help from Toronto, but the air
fare is just a bit too much to LA.
That's OK, thanks anyhow. Fortunately the loading and the road trip
back to Silly Valley went fine. The majority of the time spent on-site
was deinstalling the CPU, three cabinets about 48 inches wide by 30 inches
deep by 60 inches tall, all bolted together. Although I'm sure DEC
must have shipped the three CPU cabinets separately, it is not designed
to be easy to assemble or disassemble. There are many cables that pass
between the cabinets (through the sides), and some of them can't easily
be disconnected at *either* end.