18 Nov
2014
18 Nov
'14
8:16 a.m.
I would *love* to get my hands on the larger VAXen. It
would be such
a pity if they'd to to the scrapper... I do even have space and
three-phase power for thembut I see no straight-forward way to ship
them over here...
OK, I am curious. No, I am not interested in the machines (unless it
was a VAX 9000).
How much could one reasonable expect to pay for getting a big VAX,
lets say a 350 kg in the typical DEC cabinet, from mainland Europe to
Britain? Or from Britain to mainland Europe? Or even to and from
Scandinavia?
Sure, one could hire movers and riggers - pay them enough and they
will deliver a locomotive - but what about typical on-the-cheap
hobbyist methods?
--
Will
18 Nov
18 Nov
8:31 a.m.
I'm not sure how shipping works over in Europe and how the cost structure
is organized, but I just had two BA23s loaded with cards and drives shipped
to me from California to Michigan (around 2,600 miles) via palletized
freight and it wasn't bad at all (thanks Bob!)... the bottom line shipping
cost was around $190... around a dollar a pound. Of course, a VAX 6000
weighs significantly more than a few BA23s, LOL, but it might not be as bad
as people think... certainly "freight" shipping wasn't as bad cost-wise as
I had ever thought... there's a full ground route with the Chunnel, right?
Best,
Sean
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 11:16 AM, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
wrote:
I would *love*
to get my hands on the larger VAXen. It would be such
a pity if they'd to to the scrapper... I do even have space and
three-phase power for thembut I see no straight-forward way to ship
them over here...
OK, I am curious. No, I am not interested in the machines (unless it
was a VAX 9000).
How much could one reasonable expect to pay for getting a big VAX,
lets say a 350 kg in the typical DEC cabinet, from mainland Europe to
Britain? Or from Britain to mainland Europe? Or even to and from
Scandinavia?
Sure, one could hire movers and riggers - pay them enough and they
will deliver a locomotive - but what about typical on-the-cheap
hobbyist methods?
--
Will
8:39 a.m.
I'm not sure how shipping works over in Europe and
how the cost structure
is organized, but I just had two BA23s loaded with cards and drives shipped
to me from California to Michigan (around 2,600 miles) via palletized
freight and it wasn't bad at all (thanks Bob!)
Yes, seems reasonable. I am relatively well versed in the ways of US
shipping, being that I have to keep an eye on it when I move things
for people on my roadtrips.
I had ever thought... there's a full ground route
with the Chunnel, right?
Yes, but I have no idea how much it costs. Expensive, probably.
--
Will
9:15 a.m.
On Tue, 2014-11-18 11:16:15 -0500, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
I had a 6320 shipped vom UK to Germany (cannot remember the exact
origin), this was in the 700..800 ? range IIRC.
And since I had to order the fright company, this was quite
complicated. What I didn't expect is that they seem to somewhat refuse
to accept orders from private persons. They want a company bedind
that.
I'm in the process of getting my hands on some shiny new space. So
if anybody from Germany (I'm located in northern NRW) would like to
join my effords, maybe we'd share on the shipping costs.
MfG, JBG
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I would *love*
to get my hands on the larger VAXen. It would be such
a pity if they'd to to the scrapper... I do even have space and
three-phase power for thembut I see no straight-forward way to ship
them over here...
OK, I am curious. No, I am not interested in the machines (unless it
was a VAX 9000).
How much could one reasonable expect to pay for getting a big VAX,
lets say a 350 kg in the typical DEC cabinet, from mainland Europe to
Britain? Or from Britain to mainland Europe? Or even to and from
Scandinavia?
Sure, one could hire movers and riggers - pay them enough and they
will deliver a locomotive - but what about typical on-the-cheap
hobbyist methods?
3:34 p.m.
The feud caused the fright.
Next time it will be the fight company.
--
Will
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Eric Smith <spacewar at gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw
<jbglaw at lug-owl.de> wrote:
And since I had to order the fright company,
Feudian slip? 
5:01 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Eric Smith <spacewar at gmail.com> wrote:
Feudian slip?
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:34 PM, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
The feud caused the fright.
Next time it will be the fight company.
Good answer!. Geez, I can't believe I made a typo in a two-word reply.
Obviously was intended to be "Freudian".
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