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

[Matt Turner]

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Dries Verachtert <dries at ulyssis.org> wrote:
> 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 :-)

Thanks so much for offering the machines. I'm sure they'll find a new
home quickly.

Matt

>
> kind regards,
> Dries
>
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