I sent this message a few hours ago but it bounced somehow: Ian, Bill I., and myself all unloaded the VAX 9000 this morning. Diver Dan operated the forklift. A 28-foot trailer arrived here at 8am followed by another at 9am. There were 13 pallets on the first trailer and 12 on the second. Somehow, the space that we made in the warehouse yesterday and throughout the last few weeks was MORE than needed! We saved even more space after the delivery because Ian found a way to consolidate five of the new pallets onto others. Ian and I also discussed how to display at least part of the system in the museum. The simplest thing we can do is put the Cray YMP-EL back into storage and use the space for the 9000 main cabinet and maybe one peripheral cabinet. Side benefit: it would better match the StorageTek Timberwolf tape library than the Cray does. Here are some pictures: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1By6kUcofbhJfW6X3oMGOosStv85DPrpS/view?usp=s... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E-Q5xrsYXyjrZEZh92xIBhlStvvNUcRV/view?usp=s... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bEpSMzBEeOvuDnzPQ9Npc7iYmDhjZq8c/view?usp=s... It took us a few pallets to get the hang of things this morning, but once we got going then everything went pretty well. There were no significant problems, just a couple of minor challenges that we solved on-the-fly, and no people/computers suffered any harm -- except our stomachs, which we cured with pizza. I can't wait to show this to you all in person at Festivus and beyond! Special thanks to our new best friends in Colorado and to the person who funded the transportation. ________________________________ 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