6 Jan
1999
6 Jan
'99
8:16 a.m.
At 10:42 AM 1/6/99 -0500, William Donzelli wrote:
Dammit...why do all of the surplus supers turn up overseas and not on the
East Coast or Midwest? If this Hitachi was within 1000 miles or so from
Carmel, New York, I might just do something foolish.
How the hell would you move 14 tons of computer???
Yes, I have the room for something this size.
To do what? Move into it? :-)
6 Jan
6 Jan
6:24 a.m.
Joe said...
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| How the hell would you move 14 tons of computer???
You don't have to move that much very far. For instance,
there's probably a ton or two of wire and cable - you find
a buyer (recycler) and get them to pick it up.
As for the rest, you can either call any of the professional
movers, or rent some U-hauls and a fraternity (which will
usually work for beer).
|>Yes, I have the room for something this size.
|
| To do what? Move into it? :-)
Perhaps the city could use the equipment to upgrade the
homeless from cardboard boxes...
-Miles
7:08 a.m.
You don't have to move that much very far. For
instance,
there's probably a ton or two of wire and cable - you find
a buyer (recycler) and get them to pick it up.
The S3600s are air machines, right? If so, the processor is not as dense
as a Cray from the same time period, so if the machine comes apart easily,
it might not be too bad.
The power supplies might get a bit ugly, however.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
7:36 a.m.
On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Miles O'Neal wrote:
Joe said...
|
| How the hell would you move 14 tons of computer???
You don't have to move that much very far. For instance,
there's probably a ton or two of wire and cable - you find
a buyer (recycler) and get them to pick it up.
Assuming you never want to get the machine working again, you would scrap
the cable. Personally, I'd prefer to keep it with the machine where it
belongs.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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7:49 a.m.
Sam Ismail said...
|
|Assuming you never want to get the machine working again, you would scrap
|the cable. Personally, I'd prefer to keep it with the machine where it
|belongs.
You don't have to scrap all of it, but an awful lot of
it will end up being superfluous. Unless, for instance,
you are also getting the 47 keypunches, 300 user terminals,
428 modems, and all those sorts of things (or whatever
this particular system has), and plan to use all of them
as well....
-Miles
6:25 a.m.
How the hell would you move 14 tons of computer???
If it were in the U.S., two of the largest trucks Ryder (or Uhaul, Budget,
etc.) has to offer. About eight months ago, I moved about 6 tons of my
radio stuff (including three 800+ pound shipboard transmitters) from
Chicago to New York. The friends at both ends helped greatly...and the
crane in my garage/workshop...
I think Mr. Shoppa went thru the same deal with his goodies.
To do what? Move into it? :-)
Well, it is better than seeing the thing go to scrap! Most of us on this
list can say they are microcomputer collectors, maybe a third can say they
are mini or workstation collectors, a few of us can say we are mainframe
collectors, but I do not think anyone can claim to be a supercomputer
collector yet!
William Donzelli
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