29 Oct
2005
29 Oct
'05
4:10 a.m.
On Oct 28 2005, 22:32, Bob Bradlee wrote:
Everything big IBM makes has built in casters.
Leveling pads are only dropped once it is in place in the computer
room.
Some times it takes a few people to push and navigate, but even a
370/168 would
roll down the hall when the pads were lifted.
Ditto for a few Amdahls and Fujitsus I've helped to move.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
30 Oct
30 Oct
7:46 a.m.
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:10:26 +0200, Pete Turnbull
<pete at dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
On Oct 28 2005, 22:32, Bob Bradlee wrote:
The only physically big computers I have seen that did not have some kind
of wheels were single-rack minicomputers which could just barely be moved
by two meen with lifting harness.
I have also seen some wheelless tape drives, but no large disk drives
without some means of both transportation and locking in place.
--
-bv
Everything big IBM makes has built in casters.
Leveling pads are only dropped once it is in place in the computer
room.
Some times it takes a few people to push and navigate, but even a
370/168 would
roll down the hall when the pads were lifted.
Ditto for a few Amdahls and Fujitsus I've helped to move.
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