30 Sep
2007
30 Sep
'07
4:41 p.m.
Thanks for the responses, I am not alone.
Forgot to include 5 Multias VX40's. Cranky little machines, not so fast, do
not
like to lie down cause they are little ovens not properly vented.
My co-workers think I'm a bit strange, having Alpha equipment at home, but
what do they know...
The responses remind me DEC produced several generations of Alpha computers.
as well as PDP's and VAXen. I still have customers that use them all. The
PDP's
are used in gauging applications in the steel industry, the VAXen are used
for
process monitoring and the Alpha's do modeling and data gathering /
reporting.
Do I have a preference? hardly, all are used frequently except the 3000X
models.
I currently am using a DS20, AS1200 and the XP1000's to maintain some
process
model code, funny the model is old and has made it through 12 years of VMS
and
Alpha generations.
The MicroVax 3800's I have run VMS 5.5-2 and the application communicates
with Allen Bradley PLC using a proprietary QBUS card.
I am looking to buy another, a AS4100 and a DS20E, why? I dunno. Maybe I
need
a life, what I have works well, it's just I would not mind adding a few more
before they
are sent to the recycler as scrap by someone who does not appreciate fine
computing.
Dan