[rescue] How to move an IBM SP using a minivan..

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Thu Jul 20 00:25:32 CDT 2006


On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Devin L. Ganger wrote:

>> Well, if we're going to play that game, the best I can claim is a pair
>> of AlphaServer 2100s, an Aspen Alpine rackmount AXP box, a BA350 full of
>> disks, and something else that I can't quite remember (A Lexmark laser
>> printer, maybe?) in a Pontiac Firebird.  It was definitely riding low,
>> but no worse for it afterwards.
>
> Yes, but are any of those a 7' tall rack cabinet weighing over 700lbs.
> fully loaded?

No, sir, but it's a -Firebird-.  I suspect the aggregate weight was
about 500lbs (130/ea for the 2100s, 40 for the Alpine, 20 for the
BA350), but it was a damned bulky 500lbs.

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Jonathan Patschke    )   "A man who never dreams goes slowly mad."
Elgin, TX           (      --Thomas Dolby, "Valley of the Mind's Eye"



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