This was a long day. Went over to the house and started working on
getting the Perqs out of the basement. I've been moving smaller stuff to
make room and it was time.
First up was a Perq1 chassis that just had the big disk drive in it,
side and rear panels. I figured it was lightest and after taking off the
sides and top was able to lift it and carry it up steps. Still heavy and
bulky, but it made room and a path to get to the second one.
The second one was a mess but a lot heavier: It still had the card cage
in it and I was not going to be able to lift. So I figured out how to
take the sides, top, front, back, and bottom (pounds are made of ounces)
and then spottted the screws that hold the card cage and power supply in
the box. Bless the people at perq, those two screws out and you can lift
the cage out the side of the box.
The card cage without cards (took them out to lighten) was heavy but I
got it up the steps. Then with a herculean amount of effort I managed to
carry the rest of the box up, followed by the sides, top, front, back,
and bottom plates.
There are still two more Perqs down there. They have heavier front
plates (I was able to take them off) with real shielding. They were
different designs, so they were not Perq1s and they are not the same as
each other.
Question: Are there any pictures of other types of Perqs?
Unfortunately they are still buried under old Sun gear and a Vaxserver
of some sort. So I'll have to think about those, but they will need to
come apart as well.
Question: Do the card cages and stuff come off the later Perqs as well?
Also got two different types of keyboards that say Perq, and a monitor
that looks like a big fat white Vetrex and says Three Rivers.
Question: What does a Perq mouse look like?
At least this stuff will not be junked. I'll take pictures and such
tomorrow and throw a tarp over everything tonight because I'm too tired
to get it out of the truck.
I swore off high-mass hobbies for a reason....
