Re: Moving an 810, any gotchas?

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck Myaard and I used to disassemble a rack mounted AS/400 2 or 3 
times each COMMON Conference (this was when everything was still 
twinax).  Frequently had issues with a dumb terminal or two, but never 
with the /400.  Later we used to roll a C10 (I think it was, the short 
file cabinet, anyway) on the hotel carts - often times across tiled 
floors. 

Similar to Paul, I threw a 150 in the backseat of my pickup a couple of 
years ago.  Except for the fact it's on V3 something, it works.  Did the 
same thing with a Baby/36; still works.

We moved our 520 last year about six feet.  Took a photo of the cable 
connections beforehand, and then my boss and I just carried it.  We roll 
our 720 from corner-to-corner every time we "re-decorate" in the 
computer room.  It's not plugged in so I can't say if it still works, 
but it did the last time we plugged it in (a year ago after being moved 
around); of course, it's on casters.

Going way back, to get our S/3 to the second floor computer room (no 
elevators), put it on a forklift and just eased it to the landing  
(those puppies were heavy).  Another company I knew back then, used a 
crane to lift theirs from the delivery truck to the fifth floor (again, 
no elevators). 

I think the moral is: These things take a lickin' and keep on tickin'.  
But due diligence is always appropriate.

	* Jerry C. Adams
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James Lampert wrote:
> Never owned an 810. But we've had (during my own tour of duty) a B20 a 
> D02, a C04, a 200, a 40s, 2 150s, 2 170s (1 slim, 1 fat), and a 510 (and 
> a 500 used for parts).
>
> We've moved them all, without trouble. We even moved the D02 short 
> distances while powered-up and running on its internal battery (when it 
> had one).
>
> We've rolled the 510 around on its own casters. Over carpet. Big pain in 
> the butt. Anything we've got that's bigger than a "slim" 170, but too 
> small to have casters of its own, lives on its own dedicated 4-wheel dolly.
>
>