-500au (was: Re: Watch for "ILOVEYOU" loveletter.VBS bug)

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Thu May 4 20:19:34 2000

>
> On May 4, Nick Oliviero wrote:
> > As far as the micro$lop, soon as I find a -500au my Aptiva is history.
>
> How much are they going for these days?
>
> -Dave McGuire
>

Well, assuming you're talking about a PWS-500au they're about $2k without
any licenses. I got real lucky a few weeks ago and picked up a -433a with a
4D40T graphics card, 64MB RAM, and a 2GB UW SCSI HD. I managed to get it
for $700, and then proceeded to add 256MB RAM, replaced the 4D40T with a
3D30 (aka Elsa Gloria Synergy), a SCSI 4x CD-ROM, and a TLZ-06 4mm tape
drive. I also did the conversion from a -433a to a -433au myself, OpenVMS
really screams on this sucker!

If you get an old enough -500a the conversion to a -500au might be fairly
easy. In any cast to convert a 'a' to a 'au' you'll need the following:

Supported SCSI Card (you can't use any old SCSI card)
Supported Video Card
SCSI HD and probably SCSI CD-ROM
Flash it with the latest ARC/SRM
(if you get the kit from Compaq to do this you apparently also get a 'au'
nameplate)

Of course what I really want is something like a 667Mhz DS20E Workstation
with a PowerStorm 330, but I think I can live with what I've got, for the
time being.

                        Zane
Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 20:19:34 BST