Moving my Collection?

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Tue Jun 3 17:56:59 1997

On Tue, 3 Jun 1997 starling_at_umr.edu wrote:

> I'm going to be moving my collection a couple hundred miles from Austin,
> TX to Tyler, TX. I'm wondering if anyone has any packing or moving
> suggestions (packing material, special treatment of media, etc).
>
> The stuff is going to be moved by a moving company (Atlas probably) but
> I'm doing much of the packing ahead of time. I'm seriously considering

You've already covered one of my suggestions, which is start early. By
the time the REAL packing begins, you should be done with all your
computer stuff. This is what I did.

You might want to just move the monitors yourself on moving day, if the
drive is not too far.

I am fortunate in that where I work we are always shipping just to and
fro, so there was abundant free packing materials abound. I would
suggest that you go to the many hi-tech companies in Austin and raid
their dumpsters for boxes and foam popcorn. The foam popcorn is the most
important stuff. If you're lucky, you'll also find anti-static bags.
Try to stick your smaller consoles in the bags, then put some foam on the
bottom of a box, put in a unit, fill in some foam around and on top, put
in another unit, fill in some foam around and on top, etc. This is what
I did, and the best part is it made for permanent storage so that when I
moved I didn't need to worry about pulling my systems back out and
stacking them until I was good and ready. I just recently started
opening boxes and made a big mess of my garage, but for 8 months
everything was really organized.

I moved everything myself, so when it came time to move the computers I
did it all in one load of a pickup, and had the luxury of making sure
they were treated right. I say as long as you pack everything in
popcorn, you're fine.

Sam
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