Rearrangement in progress
I decided – quite some time ago – to rearrange the attic. The original workplace under the roof was a table 2.5 meters wide and 1.5 meters deep, causing the monitors over an arm-length from the edge of the desk. Too wide, especially for 4K monitors, to be easily readable. Second, under the window so I was looking against the sunlight in the normal working hours: after 18:00. The window needed to be shut if there even a light rain in windy weather, to prevent the hardware to get wet.
Also, there is quite a lot of old paperwork that is outdated, of no more interest, directly or potentially, so I could get rid of a lot of this. Keeping just the books and binders that I will need – or want to keep regardless usability. Mainly OpenVMS documentation (the official paper set and books on system management and programming), language references and some projects I am still working on, or use.
It also means buying some furniture, and a relay rack to store all hardware (finally…) Not a complete enclosure since it would be impossible to move it two stories up, and the ones that come as a DIY package cannot accommodate the Itanium servers – they are too short to handle the depth of these machines. Also, a relay rack offers a better airflow – important as the attic can be hot in summer. Probably, the newly installed air conditioner will be able to cope with that next summer….