Subject: Anyone collect Dec/Compaq Alphaservers or
VAXen?
From: "Dan Snyder" <ddsnyder at zoominternet.net>
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> I have monitored the postings and know of a few collectors of VAXen,
> all types it seems.... What about Alphaservers?
I have a DEC 4000 (Futurebus+, 1 CPU installed approx 384MB RAM,
IIRC), and a "no-name" AXPpci33. My DEC 4000 came with one 5.25" SCSI
drive and 3 3.5" SCSI drives, with OSF/1 or similar on one disk, and
OpenVMS on another. I bought the AXPpci33 as a bare board, but the
DEC 4000 came from Uni Surplus and used to be known as "Oscar", the
machine that ran the card catalog for the library system at The Ohio
State University. I like the machine, but I have to admit, I bought
it because it had a TSZ07 SCSI 9-track drive included.
Given my druthers, I'd run OpenVMS on the AXPpci33, but it was really
designed for Windows NT or OSF/1. I think there are driver issues
trying to run OpenVMS on it, but it may be possible with some extended
fiddling.
-ethan