...and in case I wasn't clear enough about this yesterday, this is one of the most impressive feats I've seen in many years. :-) Nice job, my friend. Nice job. -Dave On 11/02/2015 05:03 PM, Connor Krukosky via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

Well I did the ill-advised and got the Z890 :P Won the machine for $237, a fair price I'd say :) I may only be 115LBS and the rack alone may have weighted roughly 800LBS, but with the right tools and some friends and family to help out it wasn't too hard to get moved. The most difficult part was the excavation we had to do to get it to fit under the deck! It was a REALLY tight fit as you will see in the photos. It took two trips up to Rutgers to get it all, one with the truck alone to remove most of the innards and another with the trailer as-well to grab the rack. Its already in the basement and most of the way back together, just running the wiring internally for it then I need to wire up a 240v 30a outlet once we get the new breaker box in since there is no more room in the current box. Photos of the whole adventure: http://imgur.com/a/5uWit

Very special thanks to Jeff Jonas who was there both days to help out. Along with thanks to my two friends from college that helped and of-course my father who didn't kill me but helped me get into the basement :)

-Connor K

-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA

On Nov 2, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Connor Krukosky via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

Well I did the ill-advised and got the Z890 :P Won the machine for $237, a fair price I'd say :) I may only be 115LBS and the rack alone may have weighted roughly 800LBS, but with the right tools and some friends and family to help out it wasn't too hard to get moved. The most difficult part was the excavation we had to do to get it to fit under the deck! It was a REALLY tight fit as you will see in the photos. It took two trips up to Rutgers to get it all, one with the truck alone to remove most of the innards and another with the trailer as-well to grab the rack. Its already in the basement and most of the way back together, just running the wiring internally for it then I need to wire up a 240v 30a outlet once we get the new breaker box in since there is no more room in the current box.

That thing only takes 6 kW? I'm a little surprised.

Photos of the whole adventure: http://imgur.com/a/5uWit

Congrats! I'm sure Rutgers was mostly just happy not to have to pay someone to cart it away. :-) Also, good news: you won't have to pay the gas company to heat your house this winter.

Very special thanks to Jeff Jonas who was there both days to help out. Along with thanks to my two friends from college that helped and of-course my father who didn't kill me but helped me get into the basement :)

You have an unusually tolerant father. Good luck with that thing! That's a neat find. You're bringing it to Festivus, right? - Dave