We had to use two forklifts to get the UNIVAC stuff out of the facility on time. They literally had a wrecking ball positioned to take down the building as soon as we were done. I was sick as a dog that day too, it was miserable! I drove the truck to Wilmington and then Evan and someone else took it the rest of the way to info age. Those were the days. I also brought the entire PDP 11/44 system will all of those storage drives and everything from some guys basement (steep thin stairs) from Delaware to InfoAge, if you're wondering where half of the PDP 11 stuff in the warehouse came from. I also rescued the Flexowriter currently at VCFed warehouse, and the Series 1 that I believe is now at the LSSM (?). Hopefully it still works, I IPLed it many years ago. I originally hauled that sucker from Roy Soltoff (of LDOS fame) from his house in Maryland. I rescued 2 PDP 11/40 racks from West Virginia and one from South Carolina. PDP 8 (straight 8) that I drove back from Chicago. I helped Bob Roswell move the Linotype to SYstem Source in Hunt Valley. THAT required an 18-wheeler. Dave McGuire can top me in sheer tonnage, but I have moved my share for VCFed for sure. I could go on... Bill On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 7:22 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
There was also an 11/70 in that haul from Beaver College. 1988 sounds about right.
My largest recently was the IBM 4341 and the S/390 G3 (Multiprise 2000), with 3380 DASD, about seven years ago for LSSM. Two truckloads.
-Dave
On 4/20/23 13:08, Dave Shevett via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
At one point Mcguire and I picked up an entire truckload of DEC gear, including a full 11/60 and I believe a pair of RP04's. I have no pictures of this, but it was circa 1988.
On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 1:05 PM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Okay VCFers, what was your one largest single vintage computer haul?
Mine is easily ~2001 time frame. Four Cray J932SE systems in one 18'
dock
height truck. It almost flipped on it's side. Probably 12000+ pounds of 'puter. That was the mountaintop of vintage system collecting for me then.
https://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/office/cray/Image53.jpg https://users.757.org/~ethan/pics/office/cray/Image58.jpg
ipad is probably faster and battery powered.
Your turn!
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA