I have loaded 26 computer systems into my Double Cab.  It would have
carried more but my tie-down straps wern't long enough and if they did fall
my boss would have been really pissed!  The truck drove great albeit a
little slower than it's usuall slow self!

At 14:56 3/3/98 -0800, Malcolm Holser wrote:
>I was always somewhat amused by the fact VW always called the Transporters
>"one-ton" vehicles.  There is not much correlation to US one-ton vehicles --
>my LandCruiser is a half-tonner, and is built much more massively (and
>gets 10mpg...).
>
>I was reminded of the oddness of ratings like this when I opened up my
>Sun computer to find out what is amiss with the power supply after many
>power outages yesterday.  The Sun has the power-supply-from-hell, but it is
>only rated at 350 watts -- common enough rating in tower PC's.  The thing
>that reminded me of the VW was all the German writing inside the supply --
>it turns out to be an Austrian power supply.
>
>I guess that their computer parts are conservatively rated, and their vans
>rather optimistically rated.
>
>Malcolm
>
>

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