24 Mar
2007
24 Mar
'07
2:58 p.m.
Maybe some can answer this question. Every (it seems) AlphaStation 200/250/255 that
appears
on ebay ends up selling for more than what I *think* is a reasonable price. Maybe
maintenance org's
buying spares? Are they used by some telecoms? I used to have the 255's as Operator
interface
displays for process monitor/control. They used DUnix 4.0E and some apps from Siemens. I
was able
to replace them with DS10's with little effort. I can maybe see why a DS10 would go
for a high price, but
not the 200/250/255.
AlphaStation 200 - mostly Alpha cpus @166 or 233MHz
AlphaStation 250 - Alpha cpu @266MHz
AlphaStation 255 - Alpha cpu @233/266/300MHz
They were and are not _that_ fast and memory expansion is limited. I realize at the time
(1995-1998)
time frame these machines were very fast, but this is 2007, you could purchase a used DS10
or DS20 and
gain alot of power for less money.
Clue me in please,
Dan @ Butler, PA