At 5:27 PM -0700 5/17/2001, Chuck McManis wrote:

>If you can get a "lot" of VAXen for $40 then there isn't much of a
>problem now is there? :-) It costs $20 to rent a U-haul truck (plus
>mileage) guess on driving it maybe 40 miles, so figure 8 gal gas +
>0.20 a mile you're looking at a total investment of $44 to show up
>with a truck. Now you bid on the lot and win it for $40, they help
>you load it and you drive off with it.                   ^^^^^^^^^
  ^^^^^^^^^^^

     You incorrectly typed "they watch you load it." I'm in physical 
pain from lifting three LaserJet 4si's (over 100 lbs. each). You need 
several people if you want to haul away a lot like the DEC lot. There 
were big line-printers, there was a VAX 6000 size unit that couldn't 
be lifted by any one man (and probably not by any 2 or 3 men, 
either). Even if I could haul it away, I couldn't store that much 
gear (2 rows of stuff, about 8 to 10 feet long, each).

     Best regards,
     Mike Dowden


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