Alpha CPUs & motherboards

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Thu Jul 19 22:08:41 2001

On July 19, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> I've not been looking at the DEC gear recently, but last I did look the number
> of Alpha boardc and CPUs seemed to have gone down drastically. I think
> the supply is drying up. Seriously, unless you need 64-bit, or are like me
> and running OpenVMS, the question becomes, why? What you're going to be
> able to find and afford isn't going to be that fast compared to a
> Pentium III or IV Motherboard and processor which is likely to cost less.

  I dunno, man. *I* sure won't run Intel-architecture machines.

  I'd be seriously surprised if Alphas were drying up. There were a
LOT of them made. Machines of which there were far fewer, and that
are far older, can still be found readily.

  Having no better explanation, I respectfully submit that this
"shortage" of Alpha hardware is due to random market fluctuations.

        -Dave McGuire
Received on Thu Jul 19 2001 - 22:08:41 BST