On 11/2/2015 9:15 PM, Mike Ross wrote: > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Connor Krukosky > <conn...@connorsdomain.com> wrote: >> I recently won an IBM z890 via auction for $237. > > Congratulations! Mainframes are fun! > >> It was a very interesting adventure to retrieve this machine since it weighs >> 1500LBS on a good day, and well myself only clocking in around 115LBS I >> needed the help of a few friends and family to get this thing into the >> basement... > > So I see. I thought I was mad. Shoehorning that thing under that deck > is about the silliest bit of computer preservation nonsense I've ever > seen! Well done! Exactly the kind of thing I might do :-) >
I have personally seen that kind of operation before. Back in the day a PDP-11/20 was delivered to a group doing a legal records project here in Madison WI into a house basement using similar techniques, though I don't think any lifting equipment was required - just tilting some racks to pretty acute angles to get them under the door header. And then there was the "Connecticut" 1401... JRJ
