Subject: Re: Alpha stuff for free
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
From: Sean Davis <dive@endersgame.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 09/08/2003 20:18:25
On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 08:06:58PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 07:58 PM, kpneal@pobox.com wrote:
> >>  If you're looking for a newer machine, I can't say enough nice 
> >>things
> >>about the AS500.  They're fast, take modern peripherals (68 pin SCSI
> >>drives), and are relatively compact.
> >
> >Isn't the AS 500 the one that takes special, nonstandard memory? Do
> >I remember that correctly?
> 
>   It does, and that sucks, but it's readily available on eBay.

Hmm, is it the same kind that the AlphaStation 600 takes? This thing needs
some kind of parity simms 8-at-a-time (32 ram slots)...

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