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Re: Shipping bulk hardware via freight


From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 23:11:23 -0500

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster () gmail com>
wrote:
(rather than the router that had a fork lift hole in the side of the box
(only
bent the sheet metal, fortunately), or the entire rack that now had a 15
degree tilt, and for which the inserted disk drives no longer really fit
into
the metal shell, both "issues" showing up at the other end

Ah yes, I recall watching them decommission the old Control Data Cyber 990
back at Georgia Tech. The mover slipped trying to get it on the liftgate
and the whole cabinet dropped about a foot to the ground with a nice solid
thud.

-Bill


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