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9th August, 2004, 01:20 PM
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 Compaq Alphaserver DS10 I managed to get my grubbly mitts on an old Compaq Alphaserver DS10, it has a 64bit 466mhz processor, and two gig of ram from what i can see. It also has a Wide Ultra3 SCSI 10krpm 9.1gb harddrive and a Wide Ultra2 SCSI 7.2krpm 9.1gb harddrive. i mangaed to save it from the trash can. I was wondering is it worth anything? and would it fold well? basically is it worth the space on my desk! also i cant seem to find any output for a monitor but i does have 64bit pci slot and one 32bit pci slot on a card coming out of brown slow on the mobo! can anyone shed any light on this strange peice of kit!
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9th August, 2004, 02:50 PM
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| It's a machine based around a 64bit Alpha processor, rather than an Intel compatible processor. They were designed to run either Tru64 UNIX or OpenVMS rather than Windows. Lack of a graphics card is not totally unexpected, as UNIX machines don't really need them. It will NOT run PC software, as it's not PC compatible in any way. You won't be able to get it to fold, as no folding client was ever released for either Tru64 or OpenVMS. Does the machine still work even?
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9th August, 2004, 03:12 PM
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9th August, 2004, 03:38 PM
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| To be honest, a hard disk that's 4 years old isn't really going to be that great. SCSI doesn't excel on the desktop, as the firmware's optimised for server usage. Likewise, IDE doesn't excel on servers, as the firmware's optimised for desktop usage.
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9th August, 2004, 03:55 PM
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| So it pretty much usless to me! geat i carted the heavy thing for miles!
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9th August, 2004, 04:00 PM
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| I rarely see Alphaservers these days. A lot of them ended up being replaced by higher spec machines once more power was required. A great shame, as the Alpha series of processors was very good. Now there's not a lot of them left, as Compaq ran 'em into the ground before throwing the carcass to Intel. If there's still an OS on the system, it's a 'thrown in the deep end' learning experience! It is possible to install Linux on 'em though. Things probably won't be as easy as on a PC, as far fewer people have Alpha machines.
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9th August, 2004, 04:42 PM
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| i wouldnt know where to start!
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