18 Oct
2007
18 Oct
'07
12:36 p.m.
So to help finance and focus my collection, I've decide to part with
my decked out Apple IIGS. Check it out on eBay when you get a chance
at item #300162750255
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300162750255
I figure it will help me pay for my recent Amdahl acquisition.
Rob
Rob Borsuk
email: rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
Web: http://www.colourfull.com
1:33 p.m.
lol. You know, I drove the beast to work today just fine. Though my
oil light was blinking a little this morning. I even hooked the
trailer back up and towed it over my friend Phil's house at lunch.
So far, so good. I want to rebuild it this winter. On the Amdahl
note, I've been loving and appreciating the feedback about this trip
and what I have. I don't remember if I mentioned this, but the
guys were nice enough to throw in 3 PC's that they were using with
the Amdahl(that helped to weigh down the rear of the rover that much
more). I've been able to successfully boot two of them. One
contained Windows NT 4.0 workstation with a bunch of Amdahl stuff on
it. Number two contained OS/2 warp with a bunch of Amdahl stuff on
it, unfortunately this one needs a password to get into the
software. I need to spend some time trying to get PC number three
going to see what's on it.
On Oct 18, 2007, at 4:22 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
Rob Borsuk
email: rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
Web: http://www.colourfull.com
So to help
finance and focus my collection, I've decide to part with
my decked out Apple IIGS.
You mean "pay for my new engine", right?
--
Will 
1:43 p.m.
On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 16:33 -0400, Robert Borsuk wrote:
lol. You know, I drove the beast to work today just
fine. Though my
oil light was blinking a little this morning. I even hooked the
That's not a good thing. The oil pressure warning light should never
ever come on if the engine is running. I have one car where I
occasionally get a little blink of oil pressure, but I know it runs at
low oil pressure anyway and it's only at *very* low revs, such as
letting it dip below 500rpm when pulling away gently.
If it's a blinky oil *level* light then you ought to put some oil in ;-)
Gordon
8:01 p.m.
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On Oct 18, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
If it's a blinky oil *level* light then you ought to put some oil
in ;-)
It's not that. There's plenty of oil in the car. The oil got
toasted on the trip which altered the viscosity. I need to change
the oil. I'll get to it this weekend. She'll be as good as new.
On Oct 17, 2007, at 4:14 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
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.
Gordon
You know, that's a good point. It was a fun trip and now I can sit
back and laugh about it. I got to pick up a cool computer and spend
some time with my wife. It only would have been better if my boys
could have came and enjoyed the trip instead of bailing my butt out.
My Rover is a 4.0 V8. I probably could have pulled it off if it
would have been under 200 miles, and on flat highway instead of the
disastrous mountains of West Virginia. Yeah, a diesel would have
been better. I have to say that I greatly underestimated the weight
of the system. Big is one thing, heavy is another.
Rob
Rob Borsuk
email: rborsuk at colourfull.com
Colourfull Creations
Web: http://www.colourfull.com
19 Oct
19 Oct
4:17 a.m.
I have to say that I greatly
underestimated the weight
of the system. Big is one thing, heavy is another.
And the Amdahl has a lot of both :)
I have underestimated the weight of equipment before.
For example, the Burroughs B80. I initially though -
gee, this looks bulky, but it's got a printer in one
side, can't be that heavy - there's all that empty
space. Wrong... The CPU side was crammed full of heavy
transformers and stuff. Getting it in and out of the
van was a huge task. (the getting in part made
immensely easier with a forklift...)
Also, first glance at a CDC disk pack drive and I
figured "well, that probably weighs a good 200 pounds,
can't be that heavy". Well, it was beyond heavy, into
the realm of "are you sure it's not welded to the
floor". Bringing that load (two CDC drives, 5 ft rack,
misc stuff), I managed to split a bushing in one of
the shocks on the van. The worst part was that I
didn't realize just how heavy they were until I got
them home and tried to get them out of the van. They
were loaded with a ramp and a loading dock. And now I
had to somehow get them out...
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