Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Supercomputer is all set!
Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> writes:
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.
Was this a system from DEC CSC? When is it getting hooked up and running?
Was this a system from DEC CSC? I don't know: what is CSC?
When is it getting hooked up and running? Not anytime soon. The best we can do short-term is display a portion of it in the museum. We swalled a large meal; now we must digest it. :)
On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 7:48 AM Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org wrote:
Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> writes:
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.
Was this a system from DEC CSC?
When is it getting hooked up and running?
When is it getting hooked up and running? Not anytime soon. The best we can do short-term is display a portion of it in the museum. We swalled a large meal; now we must digest it. :)
What’s the big deal Evan?? We just need to remove the UNIVAC, a couple of minis, and the micro row from the Altair through the Amiga and we can set half the new machine up!! :p Tony
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