Bringing up a 10 years dormant VAX 11/750

From: Brian Hechinger <wonko_at_ns2.tspcfast.net>
Date: Thu Nov 7 19:56:42 2002

On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:03:38PM -0800, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> When I was a teenager, I dragged an empty H960 rack upstairs, by
> myself, by standing in it (through the hole in the bottom) and hoisting
> it up one stair at a time and repositioning my feet. Nearly ended
> up at the bottom of the stairs twice.

when i moved out of my last house, i had a DEC 6' rack in the second floor
where the computer room was. when i moved out, my brother and i had to get it
down the stairs.

the plan was, that we were going to hump it down a step at a time. him at the
top, and me at the bottom. after going down the first step, instead of stopping
on the next step down, it kept going. it hit me so hard it threw me backwards
(which is what kept it from sliding over me i think) and slid down the stairs
with me in front of it backpeddling like mad. when i got to the bottom i was
pinned to the wall with my butt stuck through the drywall and against the brick
outter wall, and the rack resting against my knees with my one foot under it.

i got REAL lucky, as i was not seriously injured. my foot was sore, as were my
knees, but no damage. the worst i got were a pair of scars on the inside of
each of my arms from the very sharp wire guide that is on the back of those
racks at the bottom.

adrenalin being what it is, the first words out of my mouth were, "Well, *that*
didn't go as planned." ;)

> I learned my lesson after that...

so did i. i moved into a single floor house. ;)

-brian
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