Amdahl Mainframe - The great trip

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Robert Borsuk wrote:
> Curse you who mentioned this Mainframe on the list.
> My love of big iron couldn't let it go to the dumpster.  Check out the 
> trip for this monster on my family blog at
> 
> http://www.borsuk.us
> 
> Any ex-Amdahl administrators out there?

I would have definitely rented a diesel box-van with a ten-speed for 
that one.  You have big brass ones, sir.

I moved a machine roughly that size in a regular 24' Penske box truck 
once.  I had enough ratchet straps, but the problem was that the wood 
tie-down strapping wasn't beefy enough to stop the machines rolling. 
They got a bit dented.

Imagine moving a machine ten times that big, or more.  I've done it.  It 
sucked.  It was worth it.

Peace...  Sridhar