[rescue] alphaserver 4100

[Leslie Connally]

AS4100s are geting WAY cheap on eBay.. its great.. I have a DEC catalog
from this generation.. its SOO much fun to buy a $100,000 computer for $400
:-)

I agree with.. (??)  that the deal breaker on any AS4100 deal is the
memory.. lots of the cheapest one have had memory pulled..

Note this isnt "normal" memory.. it is DEC AS400/4100 specific.. they are
memory BOARDS..

That said.. gig boards still cost alot.. people maxing out existing
machines..  but the smaller kits (pairs of boards I believe).. 512s (?) are
affordable.. ($200 from a DEC parts guy) cause these smaller memory boards
being pulled to upgrade to gig kits have no use anywhere..

Les


>From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz at maja.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] alphaserver 4100
>
>On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:54:05PM -0500, Dan Sikorski wrote:
>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2059059144
>> It's withing driving distance to pick up.  What should i be willing to
>> bid?
>OK no memory. I don't know what memory it needs, maybe very special
>(=expensive) modules. But it has 4 x 440 MHz CPUs! If it wheren't on
>the other side of the pond, I would spend the $700 for BIN.
>Maybe you can swap one or two CPUs for a reasonible amount of RAM
>if you don't wane invest additional $$$ for RAM.