On Sun, 9 May 1999 21:58:59 -0400 (EDT) 
 Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com> wrote:

 > Jonathan R. Hinds writes:
 > > Why are these things so heavy? 500kg right? I mean I know that they are
 > > huge, but what makes it that heavy?
 > 
 > Uhmm steel?  They sure weren't making them out of aluminum. :-)

There's plenty of gold in an old VAX, too :-)

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>