Could not understand the language on the eBay page but I have two maybe
three of these units. Of the two I remember one works great and the other
will not power on.
----- Original Message -----
From: <roosmcd_at_dds.nl>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: Non-Intel Laptops
> > > >I think the Digital
> > > >AlphaBook is more than 10 years old too - this being the only "old"
> > > >laptop I'd pay real money for.
> > >
> > > I have one... at least at work... I've been using it recently to
> > > do some testing. Linux runs on it just fine...
> >
> > Having just acquired a DECstation 5000 (MIPS) as well as a DEC 3000
> > (Alpha), I'd love to know more about the AlphaBook. Can't find much
> > on the web apart from companies who are selling memory upgrades for
> > it.
>
> I doubt that the alphabook is more than 10 years old. My thinkpad N40 is
from
> 1994 and surely the alphabook is faster than 50MHz and thus younger?
According
> to google it has a 233MHz 21066A and according to my memory it should have
> something like a 166MHz processor, but maybe there were different
versions.
>
> There's also a HP-UX version, the Precisionbook, which is very similar to
the
> Alphabook. A bit more collectible is this one, I forgot to bid :(
>
> http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2042227517&rd=1
>
> Also look out for the RS/6000 thinkpads and the Silicon Graphics laptops
> (probably only sold to the military or something like that, I've never
seen one
> for sale). Sparcbooks are just too common :).
>
> greetings,
> Michiel
>
> ps. For finding information on Alphabooks use www.archive.org on the
tadpole
> and the rdi site.
>
Received on Tue Aug 06 2002 - 13:45:01 BST