1 INFO-VAX	Fri, 28 Sep 2001	Volume 2001 : Issue 539       Contents: Re: Good bye VAX-6400's   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  + Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:53:18 -0700 (PDT) . From: Fabio Cardoso <fabiopenvms@yahoo.com.br>  Subject: Re: Good bye VAX-6400's@ Message-ID: <20010927175318.81088.qmail@web20210.mail.yahoo.com>  3 I worked in two or three companies with datacenters " in the middle for of the building.2 One building with 22 floors, the datacenter was in5 10th. Other  with 10, the datacenter  was in the 4th. 0 And other with 11 the datacenter was in the 5th.     Regards    FC=20 % --- Hans Vlems <hvlems@iae.nl> wrote: 3 > I've seen equipment like that. But you still need  > some room to turn.0 > On narrow stairs that turn 180 degrees between > floors it's no option.) > Other than that it's a great invention.  >=20 > Hans >=200 > Richard D. Piccard <piccard@ohio.edu> wrote in	 > message # > news:3BB32A7B.2590209@ohio.edu... 6 > > There is a device known as a "stair crawler" which > we used some years ago > to6 > > move 1800 lb IBM mainframes out of a basement with > no elevator.  This	 > critter 6 > > had treads like a tank driven by an electric motor > under a flat platform. > If6 > > the stairs are too steep, you need to have someone > on the high end pulling  > on5 > > straps to keep the box from tipping over backward  > off of the crawler's > flat4 > > platform.  If the weight is almost too much, you > sometimes have to get in > under 7 > > the crawler's platform to fiddle with the drive.=20  > I was glad I wasn't the  > one  > > who had to do that!  > > ' > >                                 RDP  > >  > >  > > Dan Foster wrote:  > > 3 > > > In article <9nid8c$7b0$1@news.IAEhv.nl>, Hans  > Vlems <hvlems@iae.nl>  > wrote:3 > > > >We did that two months ago. The systems were  > bought in 1993 or so and > never 6 > > > >had a hardware call. A two node 6310 CI cluster > with SC008 and two	 > HSC50's 
 > > > >was1 > > > >shut down. The systems cannot leave by the  > stairs so logistical > problems are5 > > > >at the moment the only reason that the cluster  > is still there...  > > > 3 > > > Pardon - out of curiosity... if they can't be  > removed via stairs - how( > > > did they get originally installed? > > > . > > > My interest is a little more than merely! > academic - I run into this kind 3 > > > of issue a few times a year :-) Right now I'm  > thinking about how to 
 > mothball. > > > a 2000 pound machine for a few months in! > temporary storage until the big 3 > > > move to another building. This is harder than  > I'd like, mostly because > the 1 > > > elevator only takes it out of the building;  > other route involves stairs,6 > > > and it's, well, a PITA. I'm hoping to be able to > somehow roll it to the > other - > > > nearby room if I can get it over there.  > > > 4 > > > My dream has always been to work in a building > where the computer room  > is > > > on the first floor. :-)  > > > 
 > > > -Dan > >  > > -- > >  > L =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=L =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D3 > > Dick Piccard                           Academic  > Technology Manager6 > > piccard@ohio.edu                               =20 > Computer Services 8 > > http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~piccard/              =20 > Ohio University  > >  > >  >=20 >=20     =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D L =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D  F=E1bio dos Santos Cardoso OpenVMS System Manager Rio de Janeiro - Brazil  fabiopenvms@yahoo.com.brL =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D   2 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!?3 Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone.  http://phone.yahoo.com   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2001.539 ************************