Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Russell Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Anyone want a VAX ? Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:21:17 +0000 Organization: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Lines: 20 Message-ID: <36F2170D.8265E9E5@scee.sony.co.uk> References: <01be5ac9$1ea1d040$2b8193c3@default> <01be6fd5$d5553180$0c8993c3@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailgate.scee.sony.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en "Jon Prestidge (alias Moose)" wrote: > > And the VAXstation goes to ....James Tait ... Tarrah! Swapped for an > electric guitar. Be careful what you ask for... you might just get it. I remember back in the days of BBSing, a guy offered me his 4 Gig IBM hard disk for free (this was when 80 Meg hard disks were standard). "Woohoo!" I thought, as he said he'd drop it off and everything. Two days later, he turns up and unloads a 4 Gig IBM hard disk. It was the size of a large freezer, weighed 300kg, contained 2 twelve horsepower motors, enough capacitors to run the thing for 30 seconds after power off, the disks were 12 inches in diameter, parking the heads meant physically inserting bolts and pulling them out, and the whole thing ran on 3-phase power (which means the neighbourhood dims if you turn it on). And no, I didn't dare plug it in. -- == James_Russell@scee.sony.co.uk +44 (171) 447-1626 == Tools and Licensing Middleware Manager - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Diplomacy is saying "nice doggy" until you find a rock.