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8 total messages Started by Powerup News Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
DEC Alpha for sale.++++++++++++++++++++>>
#103
Author: Powerup News
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
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For sale;

Apha PC 164LX Motherboard
Windows NT
600 Mhz
512 MB RAM upgrade to 768 MB
4 MEG CACHE
4 GIG SCSI hard drive
32x Pioneer slot CDROM
3.5 Floppy drive
Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro 8MB video card
on board Ethernet adapter + SCSI controller
includes Lightwave (Apha version)

price $8,800

contact webmaster@thecreed.com
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Re: DEC Alpha for sale.++++++++++++++++++++>>
#104
Author: Nick Payne
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
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Does it have singles or HPs? Eight or nine speed? Has it ever been crashed?
(Stupid question, that last one. Of course it has.)

Powerup News wrote in message <77eim2$ved$1@grissom.powerup.com.au>...
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>For sale;
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>Apha PC 164LX Motherboard
>Windows NT
>600 Mhz
>512 MB RAM upgrade to 768 MB
>4 MEG CACHE
>4 GIG SCSI hard drive
>32x Pioneer slot CDROM
>3.5 Floppy drive
>Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro 8MB video card
>on board Ethernet adapter + SCSI controller
>includes Lightwave (Apha version)
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>price $8,800
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>contact webmaster@thecreed.com
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Re: DEC Alpha for sale.++++++++++++++++++++>>
#105
Author: David Bromage
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
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Nick Payne (njpayne@pcug.org.au) wrote:
> Does it have singles or HPs? Eight or nine speed? Has it ever been crashed?
> (Stupid question, that last one. Of course it has.)

What else would you expect if it's running WinNT? :)

I think anybody who puts Windoze on a DEC should be shot.

Cheers
David
Re: DEC Alpha for sale.++++++++++++++++++++>>
#106
Author: Alan Vidler
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
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aus.aswec,aus.aviation,aus.aviation.airspace,aus.bicycle,aus.books,aus.bushwalking,aus.cars
I don't see the relevance to *any* of them!

>For sale;
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>Apha PC 164LX Motherboard
>Windows NT
>600 Mhz
>512 MB RAM upgrade to 768 MB
>4 MEG CACHE
>4 GIG SCSI hard drive
>32x Pioneer slot CDROM
>3.5 Floppy drive
>Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro 8MB video card
>on board Ethernet adapter + SCSI controller
>includes Lightwave (Apha version)
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>price $8,800
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>contact webmaster@thecreed.com
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Re: DEC Alpha for sale.++++++++++++++++++++>>
#107
Author: Jason Stokes
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:00
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In article <369b295d.0@newshost.pcug.org.au>, Nick Payne
<njpayne@pcug.org.au> wrote:

>Does it have singles or HPs? Eight or nine speed? Has it ever been
>crashed?

>(Stupid question, that last one. Of course it has.)
>
>Powerup News wrote in message <77eim2$ved$1@grissom.powerup.com.au>...
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>>For sale;

[DEC Alpha]

>>price $8,800

Bloody hell, is *that* what it costs to get hold of an Alpha?  I think
I'll stay with Linux on Intel for the mo'.
 
-- 
Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au
 
 Linux is awful.  
 But Windows is worse.
Re: DEC Alpha for sale.++++++++++++++++++++>>
#108
Author: Allan Mikkelsen
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:00
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On 12 Jan 1999 11:00:46 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
wrote:

> Nick Payne (njpayne@pcug.org.au) wrote:
> > Does it have singles or HPs? Eight or nine speed? Has it ever been crashed?
> > (Stupid question, that last one. Of course it has.)
> 
> What else would you expect if it's running WinNT? :)
> 
> I think anybody who puts Windoze on a DEC should be shot.

I would have already shot this idiot for spamming so many newsgroups.

That is surely worse even than runing (crawling?) NT.

Allan
Re: DEC Alpha for sale.++++++++++++++++++++>>
#109
Author: Seb
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:00
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Jason Stokes wrote:

> In article <369b295d.0@newshost.pcug.org.au>, Nick Payne
> <njpayne@pcug.org.au> wrote:
>
> >Does it have singles or HPs? Eight or nine speed? Has it ever been
> >crashed?
>
> >(Stupid question, that last one. Of course it has.)
> >
> >Powerup News wrote in message <77eim2$ved$1@grissom.powerup.com.au>...
> >>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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> >>For sale;
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> [DEC Alpha]
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> >>price $8,800
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> Bloody hell, is *that* what it costs to get hold of an Alpha?  I think
> I'll stay with Linux on Intel for the mo'.
>

try buying a Sun Ultra, that'll burn a hole in your pocket.
--
Seb

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Re: [h] DEC Alpha for sale.++++++++++++++++++++>>
#110
Author: Gaven Miller
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 00:00
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Powerup News (webmaster@thecreed.com) wrote in aus.cars:
> Apha PC 164LX Motherboard
> Windows NT
> 600 Mhz
> 512 MB RAM upgrade to 768 MB
> 4 MEG CACHE
> 4 GIG SCSI hard drive
> 32x Pioneer slot CDROM
> 3.5 Floppy drive
> Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro 8MB video card
> on board Ethernet adapter + SCSI controller
> includes Lightwave (Apha version)

> price $8,800

I hear that it gets very poor miles-per-gallon. 

And the rear end breaks away randomly under heavy/hard cornering. 


I think I'll just go for the sexiest car alive: a Ford Taurus.  {[:-)]

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