In message <C75BA13E11D7D211A7280000F86B14270310EA@zen.crl.dec.com>, Edwin Foo 
writes:
>It's still a decent deal though, compared to buying a Pentium II-350 +
>motherboard + SDRAM. Here's the numbers I worked out:
>
>AlphaPC164 + CPU = $200
>128 MB ECC FPM 72-pin SIMMS (8*32MB) ~= $650
>Total = $850
>
>Pentium II 400 MHz ~= $275
>Slot 1 Motherboard ~= $150
>128 MB PC100 SDRAM ~= $200
>Total = $625

Yeah, but the alpha is a much neater toy.

I'm certainly looking forward to this.  :)  I'm currently looking for vendors
who can sell me a case with the right kind of power supply to begin with -
and maybe even a rackmount.  :)

-s