anyone interested in a digital personal workstation 500au? (location: Leuven, Belgium)

[Dries Verachtert]

On Wednesday 07 January 2009 07:55:01 pm Dialup Jon Norstog wrote:
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Dries Verachtert <dries at ulyssis.org>
> To: "Linux on Alpha processors" <axp-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:01:04 +0100
> Subject: anyone interested in a digital personal workstation 500au?
> (location: Leuven, Belgium)
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've got 2 alpha machines which i'm not using anymore (too big, too
> > noisy, too much electricity usage, ..) and i'm wondering if someone
> > would like to have these machines?
> >
> > Important remark:
> > They have been switched off for quite some time. For some reason,
> >  one of the two doesn't want to boot anymore. It just doesn't do
> > anything when you hit the power button. I've no idea why and as far
> > as i know, there was nothing wrong with the machine when i stopped
> > using it (quite some time ago). Nevertheless the 'broken' machine
> > might be handy because it's full of spare parts for the other
> > machine or maybe you could combine the ram memory. => i guess it's
> > better if both machines go to the same person
>
> Dries, & list:
>
> Older PWS series machines sometimes are cranky starters.  If you plug it in
> and leave it for a day or two, it should start right up. If the machine is
> noisy, something is wrong with the fan - maybe dust?  All of mine were
> quieter than the average PC.  Also power use was no worse than a Pentium
> III.
>
> RAM for these machines is spectacularly cheap at this time.  6 x 250meg
> will set you back maybe US$ 20.
>
> These machines are kind of slow for Linux, but are quite fast with Tru64
> Unix or Windows NT.
>
> Anyway, good on you for trying to keep a few of these machines in use.

Thank you for the information.  I just want to add that i measured the power 
consumption of my alpha and also the power consumption of a normal pc (i 
think it was a PII) and the alpha was using quite a lot more power at that 
time (several years ago). But i only checked briefly with only those two 
machines and maybe my memory isn't that great anymore, so don't take this as 
a 'fact' :-)

Some people already contacted me and soon the machines will be used again by 
another alpha lover :-)

kind regards,
Dries