The debate on what per say is a mini...

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Fri Dec 15 20:43:29 2000

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From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: The debate on what per say is a mini...



> Another obsolete classic:
> Micro: you can pick it up and carry it
> Mini: you need a handtruck

Ok, a Vax 6000 is probably best defined as a mini, but the only handcart
I ever found that would cope with it was one my grandfather made when he
was doing his fitter and turner certification in 1923. Solid steel,
including the wheels.
Unfortunately the ground did not cooperate and it tended to sink into it up
to the axles.
That was just the system unit, some of the other bits are heavier.

> Mainframe: you need a forklift and a union moving crew

Well, six mates and a ute work as well, (with a carton of Hahn Ice for
lubrication of course)
Uh, a ute (utility) is Ozspeak for something similar to what our North
American friends usually call a 'pickup', though
a ute is somewhat smaller. (Think car with a cargo bay where the back seats
would be, roughly 1/2 tonner).
Have moved this system twice in this manner, and a complete cluster, though
I cheated and
had the factory (Fauldings) load it onto a one-tonner (more like the true US
'pickup') and trailer for me.
But the six guys at the otherend worked nearly as well....

As you said, size/weight as a defining point, is unreliable.


Cheers

Geoff
Received on Fri Dec 15 2000 - 20:43:29 GMT