On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:29:30 +0930 Geoff Roberts
<geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
> From: "Tim Harrison" <harrison_at_timharrison.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: PDP-11/34a (was: NYT on...)
> > BTW, riding the elevator with three other people, and a 6' rack of
> > PDP-11 is an interesting experience.
> I once transported a Vax cluster, 2 x Vax 6000's, a couple of HSC70's
> and some drive cabinets from Adelaide to Pirie
My friend tells a story about a PDP-11/34a (how
appropriate) that he was rescuing from King's College,
London. A few friends helped him get the 11 and some disk
packs into the lift (elevator). This was the same lift
that the medical school used to transport bodies on wheeled
trolleys, so it was about that size.
The lift got stuck with the 11, disk packs and three people
in. The engineer was called, and after a considerable
delay, arrived and fixed the lift. Now we have an 11,
disks and people on the ground floor, but it's quite late
at night. The London tube (subway) has stopped running for
the night.
So, everybody piles into a Mini, along with PDP-11, etc.
Now a Mini is a small car, even for England (anybody
remember The Itailian Job?) and not designed for a heavy
load. So, they're driving across London in the small hours
of the morning in an overloaded Mini -- but all ends well,
and the PDP is still alive and running in Bristol.
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Received on Thu Sep 21 2000 - 06:46:16 BST