Vax 785 and microcars

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Fri May 22 22:07:19 1998

Tony Duell wrote:

> > [Hauls big VAXen in a Sprint?]
> > I'm young, I'm nuts, and all I had was the CPU board set.
> > I *DID* haul my PDP-11/44 in it though...
>
> If that's the car I think it is, I know somebody who managed to get a
> PERQ + monitor and bits into one...
>
> >
> > (Tower, this is Grasshopper, we are 5deg nose high, give us wings and we're
> > clear to go!)
>
> I don't drive, but I actually managed to convince my father to buy a
> Citroen BX (with that wonderful suspension system) as it's ideal for
> shifting computers about it. It'll stay level with a Sun 3/260, PDP11/44,
> PDP8/e, Zilog unix box, NS* horizon, Acorn System 4, manuals, printsets,
> spares, etc in it...

Yeah, but you Brits have got _weird_ concepts in transportation.
The Morris Minor for instance never should have been licensed as
an automobile -- a four-wheeled powered bicycle on its best day.
-- 
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
				Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Received on Fri May 22 1998 - 22:07:19 BST

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