Hi All,
I would like the answer to that question too?? The Blue Box Alpha's
(255/333mhz) sell for over $500
on ebay, yet the Blue Box AS 500's a faster machine, sell for less. A
Digital Workstation @667mhz sell for barely
the cost of shipping!!
I have been picking up a metric buttload of the AS200 and a few AS250's
for a couple of dollars a piece at the local
auctions. Of course some have no memory or the power supply is toast but
I got more than a dozen that work just
fine and have "a lot of parts" to keep 'em running for a while. Bit you
rarely see alpha stations 200's on Ebay and
those that do can go for as much as $200..?? Even the AS200 4/100, a
100mhz machine will go for over $50.00!!
Am I missing something here?
Cheers
Tom P.
Dan Snyder wrote:
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