Re: Kubota Denali graphics system available

[Chris Hanson <cmhanson%eschatologist.net@localhost>]

On Aug 30, 2026, at 4:58 PM, Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost> wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 30, 2026 at 12:11:39PM -0700, Chris Hanson wrote:
>> There’s a seller on eBay that had a couple of the Kubota Denali graphics systems for DEC Alpha with TURBOchannel. These are external boxes similar in size to a VAXstation 4000 that connect to a TURBOchannel interface card for hardware-accelerated 3D. They’re new-in-box and include all the necessary interfaces, cabling, manuals, and I believe software as well. (Though I think the drivers are also included by DEC in the supported operating systems.)
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> That sounds like a fun(-ish) project.
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> I've got three of the Kubota TURBOchannel to 100-pin cards here (Iowa)
> but pretty much nothing else Kubota anymore.  Neither of my TURBOchannel
> systems (DECstation and AlphaStation) even boot at this point though.

Sounds like you should get yourself a graphics system and recap those power supplies. :) There’s a 99% chance that’s all you’ll need to do.

  — Chris