On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:22:06 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
> Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: DEC Vaxstation II GPX needs a home
>
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Jason McBrien wrote:
>
> > How come all the cool stuff is on the west coast? The coolest thing I've
> > seen in the midwest is two, still shrinkwrapped IBM 370 mainframes IN A
> > DUMPSTER. One of those economy sized dumpsters you use to throw away houses
> > with. Alas, my sunbird won't quite hold one...
>
> WHAT!? And you made no attempt to rescue them?
That's what I was wondering. A car being too small is no excuse.
Superglue yourself to the 370s, and demand that the refuse-truck
driver pick it (and you) up and take it (and you) to your house or you
won't unglue yourself! Some things just call for drastic
measures. ;-) ...and don't forget to offer to pay the driver a nice
tip for his time. If that fails, just tell him his truck will go
{k.*.a.*.b.*.0.*.0.*.m} if he doesn't cooperate, after all, you are on
a mission of computer preservation, which, as we all know, may call
for drastic measures (oh, yeah... don't worry, I'm sure the members of
this group might consider helping with the legal fees if the wrong
people take what you say too seriously. ...or we'll at least send you
a cake with plans for a making file hidden in it. Won't we? :-) :-) :-)
Seriously, did you not contact someone about allowing you to have this
hauled to your house, where you could have at least kept it outdoors
in shipping pallets and covered with a tarp, as well as the wrap,
until someone could have rescued it?
--
R. D. Davis
rdd_at_perqlogic.com
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd
410-744-4900
Received on Wed Jun 07 2000 - 22:22:52 BST