As would I.

Peace...  Sridhar

On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> > 
> > Room 1:
> > TWO 9410s (No, I'm not kidding)
> > At least 6 8xxx, and at least 5 6xxx machines (don't recall exactly how
> > many)
> 
> wow.
> 
> > Room 2:
> > 20 HSC90's, FULL to capacity with SDI drives in full-height cabinets.
> > 1 IBM System36 of some sort - I wasn't allowed to look at it too
> > closely. Purely VAX support.
> 
> double wow.
> 
> > Room 3:
> > SILO Near-Line Tape Storage System. 6 tape drives, and a robotic arm
> > that would scan the barcodes on each tape and retrieve/load/unload/store
> > them around the interior of a circular chamber about 12' in diameter and
> > 8' tall. Plus various 9-track and auto-loading cartridge tape systems.
> 
> those Near-Lines are DAMN impressive.  two "rows" of tapes, one on the inside
> wall of the unit, and another one about 2 feet in facing out.  huge capacity.
> 
> > This was when I was working for Emulex as the Field Service rep here in
> > St. Louis. We supplied the drives and the DAO1 cards for the HSCs.
> > 
> > Truely, that setup inspired my love of VAXen.
> 
> i can understand that, to see that much, big, nay, HUGE iron in one place can't
> be anything but awe inspiring.
> 
> you ever check back and see if they still have that stuff and are willing to get
> rid of it if they do?  talk about a HUGE rescue operation, i'd travel down there
> to help if needed. :)
> 
> -brian
>