rt-11 Documentation

[Jules Richardson]

Wai-Sun Chia wrote:
> On 1/9/07, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Nothing is too heavy to post!
> 
> Try a complete  8-node VAXcluster with VAX9000s with the accompanying
> storage, starcouplers, printers, VTs, networking gear.... etc.

For certain classes of things, the problem's not in the weight or size, but in 
retaining (and having on-tap at either end) the knowledge to dismantle and put 
back together again, I suppose.

I remember with our Marconi that it took several days for the trained site 
engineers to label everything up, dismantle it, and properly pack it - then 
another whole day at the other end to put everything back together properly 
and recommission it. That's without the effort to physically move the thing 
across country, which easily filled an entire truck what with the machine 
itself, documentation, software (large cabinet of paper tape), spares, and the 
control desk.

It's a similar story for any big installations, I suspect - DEC's just 
something of an exception to a certain extent because there's so much of their 
stuff about and so much knowledge within the collecting community. Even then 
I'd think twice about entrusting the bigger hardware to a freight company 
without some sort of supervision from people who know the hardware.

cheers

Jules