[rescue] Just rescued these thanks to gov deals. 2 SGI origin Systems

[JP Hindin]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2018, Steve Hatle wrote:
> Yup - when I had my O2K, the only reasonable way to move it as far as I was
> concerned was a dock truck with a lift gate.
>
> I wasn't willing to pull it apart into small enough components to move
> individually, but I guess that could be an option.

I moved six Onyx2 racks between houses and breaking them down is actually 
trivial - if a little time consuming. I gave OP some hints elsewhere, but 
it's as easy as removing the skins, six-eight screws and the module comes 
out. If you pull the PSUs the whole lot can be moved with a couple strong 
guys - and that's including up and down some pretty tight stairs. 
Thankfully the aluminium racks are a delight to move.

I'm too cheap to rent a liftgate for any of this crap. Hell, I moved a 
2200lbs IBM SP/2 up a flight of stairs by hand. Of course, I was young and 
dumb then.

  - JP

> --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [rescue] Just rescued these
> thanks to gov deals. 2 SGI origin Systems
> From: "Lincoln Fessenden" <linc at lincgeek.org>
> Date: 2/14/18 11:24 am
> To: "The Rescue List" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>
> As someone who has move these (hi Dave and Brian) I can also attest that
> moving them in a standard van is not going to be an easy task, and
> probably not logistically possible. These are BIG and HEAVY.
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 08:31:05PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > On 02/13/2018 08:16 PM, PhreakShow Telephone Company wrote:
> > > I discovered gov deals last week. And well needless to say im very
> thrilled
> > >
> > > 2 SGI origin systems. 2 Big racks.
> > >
> > > Im hoping they will fit in the back of my van. Well worth the 7
> > > hour drive. Been wanting big iron to restore. This is it.
> >
> > Awesome, congrats! And that's an amazing price!
> >
> > As someone who has moved quite a few of these, though, I must
> > recommend not even trying with your van, assuming we're talking about a
> > regular "van". These are anything but standard racks; it'd be quite a
> > challenge to lay them down. I'm guessing my 2400 weighs about 850.
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > --
> > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > New Kensington, PA
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> -Linc Fessenden
>
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