VAX-11/730 (was RE: Unresistable pond comment)

From: Adrian Graham <agraham_at_ccat.co.uk>
Date: Wed Jul 19 05:53:26 2000

Me and a colleague once brought an entire PDP 11/73 (big box variety, not
the BA23 or BA213 style) down a flight of stairs; I think we removed the
RL02s first, but even then it was still bloody heavy. Nutters.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk]
> Sent: 18 July 2000 20:59
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: VAX-11/730 (was RE: Unresistable pond comment)
>
>
> [Moving the 11/730]
> >
> > No, but it took an entire weekend and you had quad muscles
> *this big* by the
> > time you'd finished :o)
>
> Actually, it took an afternoon to dismantle and move 2
> machines (one to
> me, one to a friend). Putting them back together took a
> little longer...
>
> Once they're taken apart, the individual parts are not that
> heavy and are
> no problem to carry. The empty rack frame was about the worst
> part to move.
>
> -tony
>
Received on Wed Jul 19 2000 - 05:53:26 BST