5 Jan
2004
5 Jan
'04
3:45 p.m.
oh my Jay!
do you have the old iron cab or the alum. one. look at the systems at
www.smecc.org on the home page... if it is the dual cab. you can take the
two cabs. off the base after taking everything out of them and move it
though and then reassemble the cabs. on the base, reload the stuff and
viola! it is done... that is the only way we got it into the area it is
currently on display....
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
Please check our web site at
http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
address:
coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay West" <jwest(a)classiccmp.org>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:43 PM
Subject: the computer gods giveth, and take away (mild humor/angst)
Giveth:
An old LA36 I got about 5 years ago, never even touched it, just pushed it
into a corner. Tonight I was cleaning out the room where I house "finished
systems", so sitting down for a rest I noticed the easy access door on the
back. Opened it to see what the inside of an LA36 looked like. Neatly
bundled up inside was an 8E async line interface card, complete with
cable.
Yay!
Taketh Away:
After working years on my HP2000 restoration, it's finally done, except
for
modifying the rails for the punch - but even with the
wrong rails the
punch
sits in the rack nicely. So, you're never
"done" with a system
restoration,
but I'm pretty much "done" with it. So,
after cleaning out the room (aka
shrine) it has been destined for all these years, I roll the nice double
bay
rack through the basement towards it's hallowed
resting place... and stop
cold at the doorway. The rack is too big to fit through the door and into
the room. Not to be easily deterred, I looked around the door jam to see
if
I could take the door frame out and make it through.
No dice, even if I
took
out the door frame. It's right on two studs, and
the distance between
studs
is about 2 inches short. Tomorrow night I may well
contemplate cutting the
bottom of one of the studs off so the anti-tip ledge in front of the rack
(a
whole ledge, not a leg - and it's not removeable)
can fit through. Hope
that
isn't a load bearing stud or whatever.
*sigh*
Jay West