Re: DEC alphas

[wulfie <nospam [at] wulfric7.co.uk>]

Alpha cpu & m/b - surely you jest! You'll have to look long & hard before
you find a defunct workstation or server, because they're so
well loved by the people that run them.

That said, because MS are no longer supporting the Alpha with Win2k, hang
around the back door of a nearby data centre & see what gets tossed out -
as if!

Alpha hardware is expensive. Maybe your best approach is to lurk around
the online auction hosuses or even search for Alpha hardware - you may be
lucky in finding a 2nd hand dealer.

Alpha hardware is by definition propriatary - you'll probably be stuck
with the whole machine rather than transplanting the m/b into a 3rd party
case.


On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Andrew Basterfield wrote:

> I currently run Linux on x86 (yuch!) hardware but I would like a DEC Alpha
> box. Where can I get a DEC Alpha mobo & chip locally? How much is this
> likely to cost? Will this fit into a standard AT case? What mobo & processor
> should I be looking for as I would like to migrate my current EDO RAM, IDE
> disks/CDROM & S3 Trio3D gfx from my 486 to the new system?
> 
> Any info _very_ much appreciated
> 

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