Re: [TCLUG:20034] [OT] alpha hardware

[Callum Lerwick <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>]

Nate Carlson wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Adam Maloney wrote:
> > While we're on the subject of Alpha's, i'm looking to purchase an
> > inexpensive one.  "Old work" found an Avanti 233MHz for like $300 or
> > something but I can't find them anywhere.  Everyone on Ebay thinks they
> > can charge upwards of $800 for Alpha systems (usually the description says
> > "I don't know what this thing is").  I checked dcponline.com but they
> > didn't seem to have anything in my price range.
> 
> I've got an old Multia I'd sell for cheap... 166mhz, 0k memory.. just
> the system + floppy.. :P

Veeeeeery slow boxen. Won't boot with less than 16mb, and at 16mb it
swaps an awful lot. I've got one masqing packets...

These things are very picky about RAM too. Finding the kind it wants is
difficult and expensive...