1 Nov
2002
1 Nov
'02
6:43 a.m.
Ahh, but Bob, cars are evil..
I happen to know someone who got really ill this way
(it was
an old car, not a computer though).
Christine Strikes Again...
Seriously, though... yeah, one must be careful when playing with
this stuff.. although I never got electrocuted (yet..), I did once
almost get splattered by a PDP-11/34a in its rack, with the rack
tilting over backwards (where I was...)
--f
4 Nov
4 Nov
7:01 p.m.
--- "Fred N. van Kempen" <Fred.van.Kempen(a)microwalt.nl> wrote:
Seriously, though... yeah, one must be careful when
playing with
this stuff.. although I never got electrocuted (yet..), I did once
almost get splattered by a PDP-11/34a in its rack, with the rack
tilting over backwards (where I was...)
When I was a teenager, I dragged an empty H960 rack upstairs, by
myself, by standing in it (through the hole in the bottom) and hoisting
it up one stair at a time and repositioning my feet. Nearly ended
up at the bottom of the stairs twice.
I learned my lesson after that...
-ethan
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7 Nov
7 Nov
2:56 p.m.
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:03:38PM -0800, Ethan Dicks wrote:
When I was a teenager, I dragged an empty H960 rack upstairs, by
myself, by standing in it (through the hole in the bottom) and hoisting
it up one stair at a time and repositioning my feet. Nearly ended
up at the bottom of the stairs twice.
when i moved out of my last house, i had a DEC 6' rack in the second floor
where the computer room was. when i moved out, my brother and i had to get it
down the stairs.
the plan was, that we were going to hump it down a step at a time. him at the
top, and me at the bottom. after going down the first step, instead of stopping
on the next step down, it kept going. it hit me so hard it threw me backwards
(which is what kept it from sliding over me i think) and slid down the stairs
with me in front of it backpeddling like mad. when i got to the bottom i was
pinned to the wall with my butt stuck through the drywall and against the brick
outter wall, and the rack resting against my knees with my one foot under it.
i got REAL lucky, as i was not seriously injured. my foot was sore, as were my
knees, but no damage. the worst i got were a pair of scars on the inside of
each of my arms from the very sharp wire guide that is on the back of those
racks at the bottom.
adrenalin being what it is, the first words out of my mouth were, "Well, *that*
didn't go as planned." ;)
I learned my lesson after that...
so did i. i moved into a single floor house. ;)
-brian
8 Nov
8 Nov
3:05 a.m.
Brian Hechinger wrote:
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:03:38PM -0800, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Sounds almost like what I ran into with an 5' tall IBM 9335 Disk Unit
rack, I got from a friends second floor apartment. 'Twas quite a bit too
heavy for the three of us to carry down the curved front stairs. The
back stairs, however, was a straight shot down, out the door onto the
deck.
I saw the chance of tragedy, so I just laid it down on it's smooth
side, hooked two straps to the top side, and held on while we pushed it
over the edge.
You ever see a small guy trying to plow a field with a really big bull
pulling the blade? I have an idea what that's like now...
--
---Dave Woyciesjes
---ICQ# 905818
When I was a teenager, I dragged an empty H960 rack upstairs, by
myself, by standing in it (through the hole in the bottom) and hoisting
it up one stair at a time and repositioning my feet. Nearly ended
up at the bottom of the stairs twice.
when i moved out of my last house, i had a DEC 6' rack in the second floor
where the computer room was. when i moved out, my brother and i had to get it
down the stairs.
the plan was, that we were going to hump it down a step at a time. him at the
top, and me at the bottom. after going down the first step, instead of stopping
on the next step down, it kept going. it hit me so hard it threw me backwards
(which is what kept it from sliding over me i think) and slid down the stairs
with me in front of it backpeddling like mad. when i got to the bottom i was
pinned to the wall with my butt stuck through the drywall and against the brick
outter wall, and the rack resting against my knees with my one foot under it.
i got REAL lucky, as i was not seriously injured. my foot was sore, as were my
knees, but no damage. the worst i got were a pair of scars on the inside of
each of my arms from the very sharp wire guide that is on the back of those
racks at the bottom.
adrenalin being what it is, the first words out of my mouth were, "Well, *that*
didn't go as planned." ;)
I learned my lesson after that...
so did i. i moved into a single floor house. ;)
-brian
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