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- From: lowen@lorc.eskimo.com (Lamar Owen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
- Subject: Re: Shipping a 3b1
- Message-ID: <aMZTrArIBh107h@lorc.eskimo.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 09:43:38 -0500
- References: <1993Jan6.122134.6293@walter.cray.com>
- Organization: LORC Enterprises
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- In <1993Jan6.122134.6293@walter.cray.com> jaws@aransas (Jim Wheeler) writes:
- > Having watched this group for about a year or so; and seeing the
- > "for sale" ads, I started wondering.
- > How does one go about shipping a 3b1 to a new owner?
- > I suppose if you kept the original box and packing it's no sweat.
- > But what if you didn't? Just through it in a box? That would leave it
- > vulnerable to damage. Just fill the box with _fake_ popcorn?
-
- > I guess you can see I've started to think about selling mine.
-
- If you have at least 2 inches of padding on each side, and you properly
- support the monitor (ie, wedge it secure with cardboard so it don't break
- the swivel during shipping), and use a heavy duty card board box (or two
- boxes, with an inch of padding between them), then you should be OK.
-
- > J.A. Wheeler (jaws@cray.com)
-
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- Lamar Owen, Systems Consultant | If there were a tax on syn,
- GE Lighting Systems, Hendersonville, NC | we'd all be broke.
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