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Saw him the last time COMMON was in Chicago. Went out drinking (naturally) at his favorite bar ("Norm!"). Get a card from him every Christmas. He's out of the computer business, but I forget exactly what he's doing now exactly. Something to do with office set-ups and tear downs (naturally).
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Paul Nelson wrote:
Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Anybody heard from Chuck?

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Subject: Re: Moving an 810, any gotchas?

Chuck Myaard and I used to disassemble a rack mounted AS/400 2 or 3 times each COMMON Conference (this was when everything was still twinax). Frequently had issues with a dumb terminal or two, but never with the /400. Later we used to roll a C10 (I think it was, the short file cabinet, anyway) on the hotel carts - often times across tiled floors.
Similar to Paul, I threw a 150 in the backseat of my pickup a couple of years ago. Except for the fact it's on V3 something, it works. Did the same thing with a Baby/36; still works.

We moved our 520 last year about six feet. Took a photo of the cable connections beforehand, and then my boss and I just carried it. We roll our 720 from corner-to-corner every time we "re-decorate" in the computer room. It's not plugged in so I can't say if it still works, but it did the last time we plugged it in (a year ago after being moved around); of course, it's on casters.

Going way back, to get our S/3 to the second floor computer room (no elevators), put it on a forklift and just eased it to the landing (those puppies were heavy). Another company I knew back then, used a crane to lift theirs from the delivery truck to the fifth floor (again, no elevators).
I think the moral is: These things take a lickin' and keep on tickin'. But due diligence is always appropriate.

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James Lampert wrote:
Never owned an 810. But we've had (during my own tour of duty) a B20 a D02, a C04, a 200, a 40s, 2 150s, 2 170s (1 slim, 1 fat), and a 510 (and a 500 used for parts).

We've moved them all, without trouble. We even moved the D02 short distances while powered-up and running on its internal battery (when it had one).

We've rolled the 510 around on its own casters. Over carpet. Big pain in the butt. Anything we've got that's bigger than a "slim" 170, but too small to have casters of its own, lives on its own dedicated 4-wheel
dolly.



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