[Info-vax] Eisner? Down? (30 days later)

[Duncan Brown]

JF Mezei wrote:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 
>> I believe the h/w is DECUServer/EncompasServe/name-of-the-weekServe.  I'd
>> assume the h/w and any relevant backups, etc. would be shipped out to any
>> party that would take over its hosting.
> 
> The costs of shipping can be horrendous for computers.
> 
> However, shipping of some peripherals (do do backups etc) might have to
> be involved.
> 
> However, bear in mind that if the current system hoster is extremely
> busy, he may not have the time to "pack" decuserve and ship it.

Again, being only two hours away and owning a truck, I'd be more than 
happy to help with that end of things, if this comes to pass.  I could 
haul it home from there, pack it up, then send it off with a shipper.  I 
buy and sell a lot of weird big stuff on ebay and know my way around 
shipping unwieldy stuff.

If the final destination were anywhere within 8 or 10 hours or so of 
Chicago I'd just haul it there directly and make a day trip of it. 
(Alan, you're out in California, right, so that's not an option here?)

I too had briefly considered offering to host it, but my 768K in the 
outward direction DSL line would seriously disappoint potential users!

Duncan