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Re: Finding Alpha workstations

From helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply)
Newsgroups comp.sys.dec
Subject Re: Finding Alpha workstations
Date 2011-05-19 17:28 +0000
Organization Multivax C&R
Message-ID <ir3k0d$pgt$2@online.de> (permalink)
References <4f37d30e-860e-4e4c-a6b9-f4207d1b6c80@j31g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>

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Lennert <signup-usenet@vanalboom.org> writes: 

> I've been looking around for a while now, and I get the impression
> that finding a decent VMS-capable desktop machine isn't as easy as I
> would hope - either they're (very) old, or (very) overpriced. 

About 10 years ago, the number of small VMS machines sold dropped quite 
a bit, for various reasons.  Thus, large numbers of such machines won't 
be available from recent years (and thus the ones which are will be 
expensive---supply and demand).

> Some
> machines I haven't been able to find at all (machines like
> AlphaStation DS20E, DS15, DS25, ES40, ES47)... not even in the
> overpriced range.

These are all rather rare machines, at least compared to PWS, XP1000
etc. 

> Are there any well-hidden treasure caves where you can still pick up a
> decent Alpha workstation without paying at least one vital organ, or
> is eBay really the only place to go? :-)

Define "decent".

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Finding Alpha workstations Lennert <signup-usenet@vanalboom.org> - 2011-05-19 00:32 -0700
  Re: Finding Alpha workstations Crabs <tomc@frontieranalytical.com> - 2011-05-19 08:41 -0700
  Re: Finding Alpha workstations koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-19 12:14 -0500
  Re: Finding Alpha workstations helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) - 2011-05-19 17:28 +0000
    Re: Finding Alpha workstations Lennert <signup-usenet@vanalboom.org> - 2011-05-20 00:57 -0700
      Re: Finding Alpha workstations Kari Uusimäki <uusimaki@exdecWITHOUTTHISfinland.org> - 2011-05-20 11:18 +0300
      Re: Finding Alpha workstations koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-20 08:07 -0500
  Re: Finding Alpha workstations Kari Uusimäki <uusimaki@exdecWITHOUTTHISfinland.org> - 2011-05-19 23:19 +0300
  Re: Finding Alpha workstations Hans Bachner <Hans@Bachner.priv.at> - 2011-05-19 23:44 +0000
    Re: Finding Alpha workstations Lennert <signup-usenet@vanalboom.org> - 2011-05-20 00:58 -0700

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