[rescue] Free VAX 11/750 (Colorado)

[Dave McGuire]

On June 29, Alex White wrote:
> You won't get it up stairs intact, you'll need to dissasemble it totally
> because it's Heavy. As in take all the boards out, the blower and PSUs out,
> then the card cage and probably dissasemble the frame to get it through a
> standard door, they're wider than pictures show you.

  The PSU regulators are very heavy and easily removed...that'll make
it much more manageable.  They come out from the back; don't mess up
the harnesses and bus bars.

> > that 30" (or whatever the standard door width is).
> Whatever door you have it'll be just too big in my experience - it's not a
> problem if you're determined and you have the right tools for the job... like
> an angle-grinder to kill some rivets on the frame and reduce it to a pile of
> girders (take LOTS of pics...)

  I've gotten them through household doors by removing the side panels
(they slide up and off), and in one case had to remove the door from
the hinges but that was a particularly narrow door.  I really think
she'll be alright if she gets a few people together and everyone just
takes their time.

         -Dave

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