Very bad news

[Jay Estabrook]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:45:52PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 12:24:08PM -0700, Bob Taylor wrote:
> >
> > I have a 12 year old 154LX I've been running constantly since I
> 
> 12 years? Are you sure? The docs on Compaqs pages are dated 1997, and
> IIRC, 1991 the first alphas were introduced, and you bought yours
> 1993?

Yes, my source (who actually worked on the design/implementation of
that board) says 1997 is prolly the year of LX's FRS (First Revenue
Ship).

So, 8 years is prolly the max you could actually have had it...

...although WE always thought it was ahead of its time... ;-}

Still, a nice long time to be getting use from ANY computer...

 --Jay++

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