--- THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:
> I'd like one, but no kidding, my six-foot tall friends keep injuring
> themselves on the wierd protuberances jutting from my already low ceiling.
> It would not be a good move to install a raised floor - my insurance
> company would complain loudly.... Grin.
I used to run a small machine room in the basement of my mother's typing
business. It was where I ran my RT-11 consulting gig - it was so short
down there that the only place to put a rack was in a spot that had once
been an airduct, but was boarded over. I had to tip the empty rack into
this space where the joist had been removed for a span of about three feet
and boxed in. The top of the rack nested in the box of 2x8s with less
than a handspan's clearance, side-to-side, but it fit. I didn't have to
duck, but my housemate, who helped me paint the joists to keep the dust
down, was tall enough that he stood with his head between the joists.
The worst part of this place was that the cold air would spill down the
back stairs in the winter. I had to work wrapped up in a blanket. At
one point, it got so cold that the LA-180 was blowing internal fuses
because the carriage lubricant was too viscous and the carriage motor was
drawing too many amps. I'm sure it was below manufacturer's recommended
operating temp.
It was a nice little data cave until the hairdresser's shop next door
plugged up the sewer line - the first thing to happen was the rain water
backed up; then, after the plumber started messing around, the sewage
backed up. I went from 6" of mostly fresh water to 2" of sludge. I
didn't work much down there after that.
-ethan
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Received on Thu Apr 19 2001 - 08:53:30 BST