[rescue] Need to re-home my Sun E10K

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Patrick Finnegan
> <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 21 Mar 2014, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> >>
> >>  All,
> >>>
> >>> Many of you know I took in Pat's E10K. Sadly, I just don't have the
> time
> >>> or
> >>> physical power requirements to get it going. I need to find it a good
> >>> home.
> >>> Here is what I know...
> >>>
> >>> 64 400Mhz CPU x 64G of RAM E10K. Comes with an assortment of PCI-based
> and
> >>> sbus-based IO boards. Has S1 boot drives. It has 2x U5 SSPs that have
> the
> >>> SSP software and run and boot. It comes with several spares including
> >>> power
> >>> supplies, system control boards and system boards. It's crammed with
> >>> various IO boards of the FCAL, ethernet and SCSI varieties.
> >>>
> >>> It's located in Indianapolis, IN 46219 in my garage. You'll need a
> truck
> >>> with a lift to pick it up.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I wonder if Dave M needs another E10k?
> >>
> >>
> >> ( I'd love an E10K...but it won't fit in the car. ;) )
> >
> >
> > Fortunately, you can rent a truck with a lift gate pretty cheaply from
> > Penske or Budget, so being too big for a car shouldn't be any reason to
> not
> > acquire it. :)
> >
>       Car trailer, or make it self powered. I mean, you have powered
> bar stools...
>

You'd need bigger wheels and I suppose a lift-kit to do that.  Those
casters suck for moving on anything that's not a very smooth surface.

Getting it onto a car trailer (it weighs probably 1500-2000lbs) would be a
trick.  I suppose a winch and good ramp at a minimal angle would work.
 Hopefully you're not trying to put in into one of these
http://www.harborfreight.com/500-lb-capacity-deluxe-cargo-carrier-66983.html

Pat