Very very nice!!! On 4/12/2018 10:42 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Me, Tony, Bill Drom., Bill I., and Dan J. all moved the UNIVAC onto its new pallets today.
Here is the "after" picture: https://tinyurl.com/ycjp28yw.
You can see how the new pallets are all plywood on top (not spaced-apart boards like a warehouse pallet), painted to match (thanks to Laura), and designed to perfectly fit the width of each component (thanks to Drom). The pallet left of the desk is wider to hold the Signal Data Converter and the paper tape I/O console together, because those are small components.
At an upcoming work day (probably the April workshop) we'll move the components about one foot farther back on the pallets. That way we can bolt down the CPU and tape drive, which makes it safe to open upper cabinets without risk of anything tipping forward.
We'll probably touch up the paint on some of the pallets and maybe also touch up parts of the wall this weekend. Another thing we might do is add a trim piece across the front of all three pallets for better looks.
We moved the switcher rack (basically a giant A/B switch!) back into the warehouse.
In addition to making the exhibit look nicer, this project also gives us several more feet of empty space where the center aisle begins near the museum front door. We're planning to move the "featured artifact"* exhibit to that spot.
-Evan
* Formerly "Artifact of the Month"; changed the name because we never got around to changing it every month!
________________________________ Evan Koblentz, executive director Vintage Computer Federation a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit
evan@vcfed.org (646) 546-9999
www.vcfed.org facebook.com/vcfederation twitter.com/vcfederation instagram.com/vcfederation