Re: Buying an Alpha

[Scott Lewis <scott@bach.ce.gatech.edu>]

On 28 Sep 1998, Brederlow wrote:
> The big questions are "what?", "where?" and "how much?".
> 
> Does someone have a uptodate list of components that work? What should 
> be avoided, what prefered?

Piece of advice, buy one from a company that installs Linux.  You can
reinstall to your particular taste, but that should guarantee hardware
compatibility.
> 
> What would be a rough price estimation for a 666 MHz Alpha System
> (without monitor and disks) with 64 or 128 MB ram? What would the
> price be for 333 MHz or 500 MHz?
> 
You should be able to find a 5-600 MHz axp for under $3000US, naturally
depending on configuration and such.  Consider adding more RAM as well.
128 should be a minimum.  Alpha's are memory pigs.  Check out
www.dcginc.com , www.alphapowered.com , www.carrera.com , www.enorex.com
(pricey) , www.linux-hw.com , www.microway.com , or any of the myriad of
vendors.  www.alphapowered.com has links to most major vendors.    




Scott Lewis   
Computer Support
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
scott.lewis@ce.gatech.edu   (404) 894-2210

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