16 Nov
2012
16 Nov
'12
9:25 a.m.
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 11/16/2012 11:09 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
One of these...
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=895
4000 AXP Model 710. Got it 10 years ago, fiddled with it when I first
got it (it boots to one of two different versions of UNIX on two of
the 5 installed SCSI disks) but don't have much reason to use it
often.
One interesting historical note - it was formerly OSCAR, the card
catalog computer for the Ohio State University library system. I
picked it up from surplus for $50 because I wanted the included TSZ07
(and I can't ship a TSZ07 for $50!) I put more hours on the tape
drive reading old backup tapes than I ever put on the server.
It has one CPU and about 1/4 the max amount of memory.
-ethan
Nice. I have a couple of older Alphas (one is
*much* larger, with a
Futurebus+), so I know a little about the line, but not the later
models. I had no idea HP packaged them up with their hot-swap drives.
I've only ever seen DEC-badged Alphas in person.
What FB+ Alphas do you have?