Japanese computers

[Bjørn]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:10:26 +0200, Pete Turnbull  
<pete at dunnington.plus.com> wrote:

> On Oct 28 2005, 22:32, Bob Bradlee wrote:
>> Everything big IBM makes has built in casters.
>> Leveling pads are only dropped once it is in place in the computer
> room.
>>
>> Some times it takes a few people to push and navigate, but even  a
> 370/168 would
>> roll down the hall when the pads were lifted.
>
> Ditto for a few Amdahls and Fujitsus I've helped to move.
>
The only physically big computers I have seen that did not have some kind  
of wheels were single-rack minicomputers which could just barely be moved  
by two meen with lifting harness.
I have also seen some wheelless tape drives, but no large disk drives  
without some means of both transportation and locking in place.

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-bv