16 Oct
2007
16 Oct
'07
4:38 p.m.
Curse you who mentioned this Mainframe on the list.
My love of big iron couldn't let it go to the dumpster. Check out
the trip for this monster on my family blog at
http://www.borsuk.us
Any ex-Amdahl administrators out there?
Rob
Rob Borsuk
email: rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
Web: http://www.colourfull.com
16 Oct
16 Oct
5 p.m.
Another curse added. I really loved it when I saw it on ebay.
I'm very glad you saved it. Did your car survive? Or did it
need major work?
Bob
Robert Borsuk <rborsuk at colourfull.com> wrote: Curse you who mentioned this
Mainframe on the list.
My love of big iron couldn't let it go to the dumpster. Check out
the trip for this monster on my family blog at
http://www.borsuk.us
Any ex-Amdahl administrators out there?
Rob
Rob Borsuk
email: rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
Web: http://www.colourfull.com
5:06 p.m.
It's a beauty. My car survived. Though I don't think I'll be doing
any major towing with it anymore. It just doesn't have that umph
anymore. I'm also going to go with a heavier weight oil until I can
rebuild the engine. It just turned 150k miles on the trip.
On Oct 16, 2007, at 8:00 PM, Bob Rosenbloom wrote:
Another curse added. I really loved it when I saw it
on ebay.
I'm very glad you saved it. Did your car survive? Or did it
need major work?
Bob
Robert Borsuk <rborsuk at colourfull.com> wrote: Curse you who
mentioned this Mainframe on the list.
My love of big iron couldn't let it go to the dumpster. Check out
the trip for this monster on my family blog at
http://www.borsuk.us
Any ex-Amdahl administrators out there?
Rob
Rob Borsuk
email: rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
Web: http://www.colourfull.com
5:37 p.m.
From: rborsuk at colourfull.com
---snip--->
> the trip for this monster on my family blog at> >> >
http://www.borsuk.us> >> > Any ex-Amdahl administrators out there?> >Hi
I thought I'd mention this to keep others from doing damage.
Unless the vehicle you have is specifically designed for
all the time 4 wheel drive, one should never run 4 wheel
drive on hard pavement. This is known to break axels
and drive lines.
4 wheel drive is intended for surfaces that the tires are slipping.
Those with all the time 4 wheel have special clutches or
limited slip transfer cases.
There is no good reason to use 4 wheel drive on the hiway unless
it is covered in snow.
Rob was lucky to not have done any damage.
Dwight
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17 Oct
17 Oct
1:17 a.m.
On Wednesday 17 October 2007 01:37:45 dwight elvey wrote:
Those with all the time 4 wheel have special clutches
or
limited slip transfer cases.
Most European 4x4s have this, except very old Landrovers (Series 3 or
earlier). Small Japanese 4x4s like Suzuki SJs have "solid" transfer boxes.
I don't think I've seen a 4x4 with anything else that wasn't built at least 15
years ago.
Gordon
2:34 a.m.
On Wednesday 17 October 2007 01:37:45 dwight elvey wrote:
Those with all the time 4 wheel have special clutches
or
limited slip transfer cases.
Most European 4x4s have this, except very old Landrovers (Series 3 or
earlier). Small Japanese 4x4s like Suzuki SJs have "solid" transfer boxes.
I don't think I've seen a 4x4 with anything else that wasn't built at least 15
years ago.
Gordon
1:14 a.m.
On Wednesday 17 October 2007 01:06:56 Robert Borsuk wrote:
It's a beauty. My car survived. Though I
don't think I'll be doing
any major towing with it anymore. It just doesn't have that umph
anymore. I'm also going to go with a heavier weight oil until I can
rebuild the engine. It just turned 150k miles on the trip.
Looks like a fun trip though. I'm surprised you had problems towing it home
with your Disco - which engine does it have? We regularly pull two or three
tonnes with my friend's gas-converted 4.6 V8, but I'd expect the diesel to
handle it better if a little slowly.
I shifted roughly 700kg of VAX stuff in my Citro?n CX saloon a couple of years
ago. There wasn't a lot of room for me to sit and drive it. I think most of
the weight was between the Fujitsu Eagles and the grey wall.
Gordon
2:34 a.m.
On Wednesday 17 October 2007 01:06:56 Robert Borsuk wrote:
It's a beauty. My car survived. Though I
don't think I'll be doing
any major towing with it anymore. It just doesn't have that umph
anymore. I'm also going to go with a heavier weight oil until I can
rebuild the engine. It just turned 150k miles on the trip.
Looks like a fun trip though. I'm surprised you had problems towing it home
with your Disco - which engine does it have? We regularly pull two or three
tonnes with my friend's gas-converted 4.6 V8, but I'd expect the diesel to
handle it better if a little slowly.
I shifted roughly 700kg of VAX stuff in my Citro?n CX saloon a couple of years
ago. There wasn't a lot of room for me to sit and drive it. I think most of
the weight was between the Fujitsu Eagles and the grey wall.
Gordon
3:50 p.m.
It's a beauty. My car survived. Though I
don't think I'll be doing any
major towing with it anymore. It just doesn't have that umph anymore.
I'm also going to go with a heavier weight oil until I can rebuild the
engine. It just turned 150k miles on the trip.
It will lower the noise, but make your (old and tired) oil pump work
harder. Or not work anymore. Beware!
16 Oct
16 Oct
5:56 p.m.
Robert Borsuk wrote:
Curse you who mentioned this Mainframe on the list.
My love of big iron couldn't let it go to the dumpster. Check out the
trip for this monster on my family blog at
http://www.borsuk.us
Any ex-Amdahl administrators out there?
That's a fairly newish Amdahl.
Anyone who's admin'd IBM (myself included -- although there are actually
a number of us on the list), should have very little trouble with Amdahl.
Peace... Sridhar
6:02 p.m.
Robert Borsuk wrote:
Curse you who mentioned this Mainframe on the list.
My love of big iron couldn't let it go to the dumpster. Check out the
trip for this monster on my family blog at
http://www.borsuk.us
Any ex-Amdahl administrators out there?
I would have definitely rented a diesel box-van with a ten-speed for
that one. You have big brass ones, sir.
I moved a machine roughly that size in a regular 24' Penske box truck
once. I had enough ratchet straps, but the problem was that the wood
tie-down strapping wasn't beefy enough to stop the machines rolling.
They got a bit dented.
Imagine moving a machine ten times that big, or more. I've done it. It
sucked. It was worth it.
Peace... Sridhar
6:33 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
Noted for future use. Thanks.
Peace... Sridhar
I moved a
machine roughly that size in a regular 24' Penske box truck
once. I had enough ratchet straps, but the problem was that the wood
tie-down strapping wasn't beefy enough to stop the machines rolling.
They got a bit dented.
Wiki "dunnage". 
6:39 p.m.
Noted for future use. Thanks.
I use cardboard boxes. It is impressive how much abuse a small one,
built up and taped but empty, can take. A bunch nestled together like
bricks can be downright amazing. Cram them wherever there is air,
between racks and such. You would be amazed at how little rolling will
occur, even without straps (except on the rearmost items - you still
will need straps).
And at the end of the trip, I just fill up your recycle bin.
--
Will
10:19 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
>Noted for future use. Thanks.
>
>
I drill in 2x4's into the deck of the van with drywall screws w/o
running them all the way down. At the end of the trip, I back them out
and remove the 2/4's (or whatever). I belive in strapping the cargo to
the deck, not to the sides, since on close examination of several vans
they appeared to be made of plastic or styrofoam, and the only real
surface that could handle any abuse was the hardwood deck.
Be sure that you get a metal body truck and not one of the plastic ones
if you secure things to the sides of the truck.
Jim
10:34 p.m.
jim s wrote:
Do you have to make any repairs to the deck before you return the truck?
Peace... Sridhar
> Noted for
future use. Thanks.
>
I drill in 2x4's into the deck of the van with drywall screws w/o
running them all the way down. At the end of the trip, I back them out
and remove the 2/4's (or whatever). I belive in strapping the cargo to
the deck, not to the sides, since on close examination of several vans
they appeared to be made of plastic or styrofoam, and the only real
surface that could handle any abuse was the hardwood deck.
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