Hardware Wanted

I have a DS10L going spare and just had delivery of a couple of DEC blue desktops, Alpha's of some description, one 333Mhz and one 500Mhz. Other specs unknown, and I've got to check to see if they are fully functional.

Mark.

I'm currently installing OpenVMS 8.3 on one of the Alphas - it is an AlphaStation 500 333 Mhz.
Comes with PBXGB-AA graphics which is a Powerstorm 3D30 good for 1280x1024.
Has a CDROM drive, floppy drive and single hard disk.

I'll add more details once I've finished the install.

What is the status today of running OpenVMS 8.3 alpha or 8.4 itanic on emulated hardware, notably: ski (the ia64 emulator), qemu, virtutech simics (3.x) etc.
Is it even possible? I've heard that simh runs Openvms 7.3 nicely, although it's 7.x, not 8 and it's relatively slow; but it works on Irix!

SIMH runs VAX emulation only, not Alpha of IA64. There are free versions of some Alpha emulators but I think they are binary distros for Windows. The ES40 simulator was very promising but the lead developer moved into the commercial arena. FreeAXP is your best bet for Alpha emulation: http://www.migrationspecialties.com/FreeAXP.html

too bad then, no viable option there.

OK, here are some pictures of the AlphaStation 500 333Mhz:








All the hard drives in both the AlphaServers sounded knackered, so this one now has a brand new U160 9GB SCSI drive onto which I've installed OpenVMS Alpha 8.4. As a consequence the box runs very quietly. The other AlphaServer isn't looking too healthy so I may strip it for parts, which means I should be able to up the memory in this one substantially, probably 512MB+, and get a fairly clean set of plastics together.

If anyone is interested in this box and would like to swap SGI or any other kit let me know. These AlphaStations are one of the last desktop alpha boxes that have a good spec processor, not too power hungry and don't take up too much space. As stated previously I'm in the UK. This would be the base unit only but they are very peripheral friendly: a standard 1280x1024 flat panel or CRT, a standard PS/2 keyboard and mouse are all that is required. I can supply various versions of OpenVMS or tru64 media.

Nice machine you have there. How much does it weigh?

Edit: HP says 32 pounds. Hmmm. Oh well if I win the lottery there will be a lot of happy people on this site

Thanks for the pics! I guess I've never seen an AlphaStation 500 before. It kind of resembles the Indigo2 at first glance. I like it! The Alphas I've seen have been no where near as interesting, visually.

sgi_mark, did you see my the two DEC PWS 500au and two Compaq AlphaServer DS10 systems, or even the HP Integrity rx2620 , which I've put up for sale/trade? (With pictures.) All systems should be max'ed out (or very close to it), with lots of possible extras. I'm located in the Netherlands, so relatively nearby.

To update the above, in case you may still be interested: All have been sold (my PWS 500au's, DS10s, an rx2620 and also a DS15), only one rx2620 remains.