Subject: Re: a slight drizzle of VAXEN
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/17/2001 19:25:02
At 10:03 PM 5/17/01 -0400, M J Dowden wrote:
>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).

At least they give you 48hrs to get it removed. What do they do if you 
decide to leave some of it? At least next week you could bid on a bus, win 
that and this load it up with gear :-)


>PS  If anyone is in this area, keep an eye on 
><http://159.169.222.200/dps/Surplus/docs/AUCSCH.HTM>

Thanks, this I will do. (as will others I'm sure)
--Chuck