18 Oct
2000
18 Oct
'00
9:04 a.m.
Heh, yes, it definetly is in my price range, but what would I do with 2
11/780's? I only really need to have one...
Will J
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18 Oct
18 Oct
5:54 p.m.
Heh, yes, it definetly is in my price range, but what
would I do with 2
11/780's? I only really need to have one...
If you only have one, you can't do the Uber-cool Goble & Marsh
dual-processor modification:
http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/vax/paper.html
6:50 p.m.
Speaking of 11/780's, how would the peanut gallery recommend moving one
that's located down a flight of stairs? When it was brought in 15 years
ago they hired a moving company, who got it down in an hour using some
equipment for $200. I called several moving companies who insist the only
way to bring it up is with 6-8 men who basically carry it up, at a cost of
$800-1000. I am considering diving deeply into Vaxology by taking it
apart, carrying it upstairs, and putting it back together.
Richard Schauer
rws(a)enteract.com
8:25 p.m.
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Richard W. Schauer wrote:
Speaking of 11/780's, how would the peanut gallery
recommend moving one
that's located down a flight of stairs? When it was brought in 15 years
ago they hired a moving company, who got it down in an hour using some
equipment for $200. I called several moving companies who insist the only
way to bring it up is with 6-8 men who basically carry it up, at a cost of
$800-1000. I am considering diving deeply into Vaxology by taking it
apart, carrying it upstairs, and putting it back together.
That sounds slightly familiar; it's how I got started in PDP-11ology
several years ago. A local university had a PDP-11/44 in one
cabinet, two RL02s in another cabinet and 11/03s and 8" floppy drives
in other cabinets. I called movers, but some didn't want to move the
equipment, and others wanted to charge prices that I didn't want to
pay, so, equipped with very helpful advice from Tony Duell, and lots
of tools and a cart to haul stuff to the car with, I took the cabinets
apart (and the equipment itself apart for testing and fan
disassembly-lubrication-reassembly when I got it home).
Of course, you're going to have way more fun than I had, as you have
much more to take apart, move around and reassemble. :-)
Something that I always to when disassembling and reassembling a
system: take along some masking tape, or strips of paper and Scotch
Tape, and a pen, and mark all of the ends of the cables, make lots of
notes & sketches in a spiral notebook, etc. It will make reassembly a
breeze. Also, take along some double-bagged paper grocery-store bags
to put spare, smaller, bits, including the following in: some zip-lock
plastic bags for screws, nuts, clips and other small parts.
Have fun, and good luck!
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19 Oct
19 Oct
6:59 a.m.
Speaking of 11/780's, how would the peanut gallery
recommend moving one
that's located down a flight of stairs? When it was brought in 15 years
ago they hired a moving company, who got it down in an hour using some
equipment for $200. I called several moving companies who insist the only
way to bring it up is with 6-8 men who basically carry it up, at a cost of
$800-1000. I am considering diving deeply into Vaxology by taking it
apart, carrying it upstairs, and putting it back together.
There's always a major disconnect between delivery companies and moving
companies, and I haven't been able to find a solution. Delivery companies
know the equipment they are moving, moving companies don't have a clue,
and usually decide brute force is the most cost effective method (for them,
not you).
I recently moved a large piece, which had been delivered by two people
who hauled it up exterior stairwell on a furniture dolly with 10 inch wheels.
When moving time came, the movers said it wouldn't fit down the exterior
stairwell. I went out and looked. They had it on a dolly with 6 inch
wheels. If they tilted it enough for the it to fit, the wheels
would lose contact with the stairs. I pointed out the problem. They
said they would come back the next day. Rather than bringing an appropriate
dolly, they came back with 8 guys and they muscled it down the (smaller)
interior stairwell and caused significant cosmetic damage. It was a
fixed price deal, so the extra time didn't cost me anything, but I was
pretty P.O.ed about the damage, which we eventually reached a settlement
on.
Eric
8:40 a.m.
Well Richard, my plan is to screw a LARGE eyebolt into the top of a
floor joist in line with my stairs, lay down some 2x12 planks as a
ramp, and use a come-along (ratcheting cable hoist thingy) to gently
lower my big computers down the stairs... Hopefully, the 780 will be
one of them.
I haven't determined yet if the main floor in my house will support
an 1100 lbs system, but I'm hopefull :)
clint
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Richard W. Schauer wrote:
Speaking of 11/780's, how would the peanut gallery
recommend moving one
that's located down a flight of stairs? When it was brought in 15 years
ago they hired a moving company, who got it down in an hour using some
equipment for $200. I called several moving companies who insist the only
way to bring it up is with 6-8 men who basically carry it up, at a cost of
$800-1000. I am considering diving deeply into Vaxology by taking it
apart, carrying it upstairs, and putting it back together.
Richard Schauer
rws(a)enteract.com
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