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Western Europe [ URGENT ] -- BIG IRON RESCUE in Hamburg, Germany -- SUN e10k, Primepower etc.

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Wildfire

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Hello folks,

this is not mine; i do some supportive work for another collector.

In Hamburg is a storage room from two people who urgently needs to be emptied.
Bc the two people have been a long time not doing hobbyist work there they did not notice a small hole in a wall / the roof
where about a dozen pidgeons fell into the (heated) room for circa about half a year.
So you may imagine that there now is partly a lot covered with poo.
But - that does not mean everything is scrap, on most systems tops are other things stored which covered partly the big irons.

Besides the big irons also Unix workstations from SUN, IBM, Networking components like big switches etc.

Up to now i have been told the following:

Everything must be gone until THIS SUNDAY !!!

If some people are interested in rescuing systems pm me, i can send you some pics as i won't post them here directly.
Rescuing only if one wants to get them to use at least after cleaning for putting on display or trying to get them up and running again
-- Scrapping will be done as a last step if necessary by the two collectors.
The storage room itself is always dry, i have been told the poo on top of the systems also.

Supportive work if you are eventually from the Hamburg area would also be nice, some helping hands for moving stuff out of the room.
The landlord may eventually put two shipping containers as an short time storage alternative room besides the building.
But how to get big irons above the 5 centimeters height difference from the ground onto the container, eventually with some self build wooden ramp.

I have been told that protective things like gloves, disposable clothing etc. will be available at no cost.

The systems itself are available for free !! -- BUT - no gold diggers !!
( my opinion: if you get some big iron, donate them at least a small amount )

A few e10k, one primepower 2000, one 1000, a few 800
IBM AS/400
One tape robot
Enterprise storage EMC class style
( I will add further info when i got it )

Best regards,
Wildfire
 
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Also, I love the topic title "Big Iron rescue", sounds like a Thomas the tank engine episode or something. Good YouTube Channel name.
 
Against my better judgement and all that is wise in the world I'd totally take a tape robot.
 
So, did anyone end up collecting any of these poo-machines?

I would watch “Big Iron Rescue” all day and all night and I don’t even own a TV
 
Wildfire said:
Hello folks,

this is not mine; i do some supportive work for another collector.

In Hamburg is a storage room from two people who urgently needs to be emptied.
Bc the two people have been a long time not doing hobbyist work there they did not notice a small hole in a wall / the roof
where about a dozen pidgeons fell into the (heated) room for circa about half a year.
So you may imagine that there now is partly a lot covered with poo.
But - that does not mean everything is scrap, on most systems tops are other things stored which covered partly the big irons.

Besides the big irons also Unix workstations from SUN, IBM, Networking components like big switches etc.

Up to now i have been told the following:

Everything must be gone until THIS SUNDAY !!!

If some people are interested in rescuing systems pm me, i can send you some pics as i won't post them here directly.
Rescuing only if one wants to get them to use at least after cleaning for putting on display or trying to get them up and running again
-- Scrapping will be done as a last step if necessary by the two collectors.
The storage room itself is always dry, i have been told the poo on top of the systems also.

Supportive work if you are eventually from the Hamburg area would also be nice, some helping hands for moving stuff out of the room.
The landlord may eventually put two shipping containers as an short time storage alternative room besides the building.
But how to get big irons above the 5 centimeters height difference from the ground onto the container, eventually with some self build wooden ramp.

I have been told that protective things like gloves, disposable clothing etc. will be available at no cost.

The systems itself are available for free !! -- BUT - no gold diggers !!
( my opinion: if you get some big iron, donate them at least a small amount )

A few e10k, one primepower 2000, one 1000, a few 800
IBM AS/400
One tape robot
Enterprise storage EMC class style
( I will add further info when i got it )

Best regards,
Wildfire
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Hello can I see photos in private?
 
WHY??????????????
I would assume they are all in landfill now, since the original poster has never returned
since
"Everything must be gone until THIS SUNDAY !!!" (Oct 8)
 
The owner of these machines wrote in a German forum that with the help of a few guys he was able to move many of these systems. This comprised serveral truck loads and, as far as I understood, at least a broken finger.

Some of the systems were obviously stolen while they were moved out of the storage room and left there fore a few days before transportation could be arranged. Obviously them gold digers at work, ripping out CPU boards.

So the story seems to have a semi-good ending.
 
Martin Hepperle said:
Some of the systems were obviously stolen while they were moved out of the storage room and left there fore a few days before transportation could be arranged.
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Since in the original post it was written: "The systems itself are available for free", how can you use the word "stolen"? If it's free, then it's free. And if you leave free stuff ouside for some days, because transportation was not arranged in time, well... people take it.
 
Timo W. said:
Since in the original post it was written: "The systems itself are available for free", how can you use the word "stolen"? If it's free, then it's free. And if you leave free stuff ouside for some days, because transportation was not arranged in time, well... people take it.
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Well,
one can say this bc the adress hasn't been told online.
AND bc of the area has some access control, there are multiple businesses - the systems are not visible from the outside.
So only people who work there did cannibalize one older EMC system for scrapping boards and took a complete primepower 1000 system, which is about one metric ton of weight...
 
Wildfire said:
Hello folks,

this is not mine; i do some supportive work for another collector.

In Hamburg is a storage room from two people who urgently needs to be emptied.
Bc the two people have been a long time not doing hobbyist work there they did not notice a small hole in a wall / the roof
where about a dozen pidgeons fell into the (heated) room for circa about half a year.
So you may imagine that there now is partly a lot covered with poo.
But - that does not mean everything is scrap, on most systems tops are other things stored which covered partly the big irons.

Besides the big irons also Unix workstations from SUN, IBM, Networking components like big switches etc.

Up to now i have been told the following:

Everything must be gone until THIS SUNDAY !!!

If some people are interested in rescuing systems pm me, i can send you some pics as i won't post them here directly.
Rescuing only if one wants to get them to use at least after cleaning for putting on display or trying to get them up and running again
-- Scrapping will be done as a last step if necessary by the two collectors.
The storage room itself is always dry, i have been told the poo on top of the systems also.

Supportive work if you are eventually from the Hamburg area would also be nice, some helping hands for moving stuff out of the room.
The landlord may eventually put two shipping containers as an short time storage alternative room besides the building.
But how to get big irons above the 5 centimeters height difference from the ground onto the container, eventually with some self build wooden ramp.

I have been told that protective things like gloves, disposable clothing etc. will be available at no cost.

The systems itself are available for free !! -- BUT - no gold diggers !!
( my opinion: if you get some big iron, donate them at least a small amount )

A few e10k, one primepower 2000, one 1000, a few 800
IBM AS/400
One tape robot
Enterprise storage EMC class style
( I will add further info when i got it )

Best regards,
Wildfire
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Hello there, I reckon this is a 1 year posting, but just checking whether these e10K are somehow available at any site they were delivered to?
Thank you,
Fabian
 
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