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Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 19:17:20 +0200
From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Darcy Buskermolen <darcy@wavefire.com>
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Subject: Re: AS4100 Hardware available
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On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:20:59AM -0700, Darcy Buskermolen wrote..
> This information came to me via one of my hardware channels, While I would 
> love to have these units the transportation costs are too high so i though I 
> would pass it along.  If anybody is in the area and can put these systems to 
> good use please contact me and I'll forward correct contact info.  Idealy I'd 
> like to give preference to someone who is going to use these to advance the 
> -alpha port.

For those of you interested:

http://people.freebsd.org/~wilko/Alpha-gallery/AS4100/

gives you an impresion of their size.

Note that these are SMP capable (4 CPU max) machines.  They are quite heavy
though.


> > We have approx 50x used AS4100 AlphaServers for disposal, plus some unused
> > Spares. Systems are a mix of AC and DC powered units, mounted two per 19"
> > cabinet. FREE! - buyer must collect from our loading dock, Boston MA area.  
> >
> > Each cabinet contains:
> > 2x AS4100 (AC) or AS4100-CO (DC) each with: 1GB RAM, 1-4x 533MHz CPU,
> > Ethernet, T1/E1/V.35. 
> > 2x BA36x SCSI shelf with disks (mix of 18G, 9G and 4G)
> > 2x Memory channel hubs (Mix of MC1 & MC2)
> >
> > All will be scrapped next week if there is no interest here.

-- 
Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org