[HECnet] All gone silent

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2021-08-16 23:44, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 8/16/21 5:41 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>> However, should get to Uppsala to see MAGICA:: (real 11/70) and KRILLE::
>>>> (real VAX-8650) before they get dismantled.
>>>
>>>     I'm sorry, what?  DISMANTLED??
>>
>> Update is scheduled to be evicted from the current location. As Update
>> have a *lot* of stuff, currently at the University, gracefully sponsored
>> until now by them, we need to find a new place to be, and the University
>> does not appear to be it.
>>
>> We will most likely not be able to keep everything we have, and larger
>> systems will be hard to keep in a running state, so best kind of
>> scenario might look like they get kept in storage. But we'll have to
>> disconnect and dismantle everything for now, as it for sure will have to
>> be moved out.
>>
>> Not entirely sure about the time plan yet. Most likely spring 2022.
> 
>    That is absolutely awful.  Being at the mercy of another organization
> sucks.
> 
>    It's a long shot, but LSSM may be able to get enough donor support to
> pay to ocean-freight those machines here, if they would otherwise be at
> risk.  We were very successful at this in the past, with a shipping
> container full of IBM mainframes from Amsterdam.

Worth keeping in mind perhaps, but I think there are a whole bunch of 
people and organizations that will be interested if we need to start 
giving things away...

   Johnny

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