Hello everyone, this is my first post here for selling in AmiBAY. It is a pleasure to be part of this forum.
I am currently selling the following DEC Workstation:
DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Alpha AXP33 / Multia / "noname" Workstation sporting an Alpha 21066 166 MHz processor inside a clone AT tower box.
It is been at least 10 years ago since I turned it on, so the batteries that it carries for the RTC and NVRAM have been discharged and it cannot boot fully. Only what is seen in the images or in the video comes out on the screen.
From what I was reading, once it reaches this point, the computer launches a prompt through the first serial port when it has a problem with the NVRAM, and from here it is where you can enter the commands to boot process (on the hard disks are Windows and Linux installed).
Since I do not have time to "play" with it, that is why I published it for sale.
This is important because the person who buys it should know that this equipment requires fixing this booting issue on their own (I cannot help you) before you can do anything with this computer.
Video of the workstation booting:
This is a computer with RISC processor therefore it only works with operating systems and specific software for Alpha processors.
It can work with operating systems such as:
- Windows NT 3.5, 3.51, and NT 4.0 for Alpha (I think there is beta version of Windows 2000)
- Digital Unix 3.0B, 3.2, 4.0
- Alpha-Linux (RedHat, Debian, Mandrake, etc.)
At the time I stored it I had it working with Windows NT server 4.0 sp 6 and Internet Information Server 3.0.
It also had the MILO bootloader that allowed you to choose between Debian and Windows.
In its day it was functioning as a Web server and Proxy of a network with 5 clients, working day and night without hanging up once.
In addition to being a super robust and safe machine, since DEC was purchased by Compaq and then it was extinguished by the latter, and they were discontinued, there are already very few units of these machines.
Technical specs
- Motherboard:
· 21066/68 in ZIF socket
· 4 SIMM slots (support up to 256 MB of memory) "parity memory"
· Cache SRAM in DIP sockets (0, 256KB, 1MB options)
· 4 ISA slots
· 2 PCI slots
· 1 ISA / PCI shared slot
· PS / 2 Keyboard interface
· PS / 2 mouse interface
· 2 FIFO Serial and 1 Parallel Port (headers on board)
· On-board SCSI controller
· On-board IDE interface
· On-board Floppy interface
· RTC and NVRAM (8KB) [these are the DALLAS DS1287 and DS1230Y with the discharged button-cell batteries]
· 1 MB flash memory in sockets
· "Baby AT" form factor 8.5 "x 13"
- DEC Alpha 21066 processor at 166mhz
- Graphic board MATROX Millenium PCI 2 mb
- 32 MB __parity__ SIMM Ram (VERY IMPORTANT only works with this type of memory)
- - Removable tray for IDE hard disk. [Included, but does not appear on some pictures]
- Hd 1010 MB SCSI
- Hd 1010 MB SCSI
- CDROM 6x SCSI Plextor 6plex (I do not have the caddy)
- FDD 3.5 1.4mb
- Modem 28.8bps Isa
- NE2000 Combo Isa Network
- NE2000 Combo Isa Network
- Super Tower Box. (5 - 5 1/4 2 - 3.5)
For more information related to this computer (unfortunately many of these links no longer work, but you can use Archive.org):
Motherboard Diagram: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/nils/Alpha/Architectures/noname_board.gif
Manuals: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/nils/Alpha/Architectures/Docs/udb-man.pdf
http://www.alphalinux.org
http://www.alphant.com
http://home.wxs.nl/~jddyk/AXPpci33.html
http://www.alphanews.net/
http://www.damicon.fi/alpha/noname.html
http://www.itsinfonet.com/dec06.htm
http://www.unix-ag.org/Linux-Alpha/
http://nemesis.maf.iki.fi/system.html
http://www.stud.uni-siegen.de/sven.koelsch/v4l-alpha/index.html
http://www.request.nl/
Pricing and Payment
I am asking EUR 280 80 or near offers + shipping (depending on destination).
If you are interested please tell me your location and I can provide you with an accurate shipping quotation.
Please bear in mind that is is a very bulky and heavy item and when including the packaging it can reach 25 or 30 kg.
Tracked shipping will be compulsory (I will not ship using the ultra economic parcel service)
Payment by PayPal transfer as friend/gift.
Thank you for watching.
Here are some pictures (click on thumbnail to get a bigger picture):
I am currently selling the following DEC Workstation:
DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Alpha AXP33 / Multia / "noname" Workstation sporting an Alpha 21066 166 MHz processor inside a clone AT tower box.
It is been at least 10 years ago since I turned it on, so the batteries that it carries for the RTC and NVRAM have been discharged and it cannot boot fully. Only what is seen in the images or in the video comes out on the screen.
From what I was reading, once it reaches this point, the computer launches a prompt through the first serial port when it has a problem with the NVRAM, and from here it is where you can enter the commands to boot process (on the hard disks are Windows and Linux installed).
Since I do not have time to "play" with it, that is why I published it for sale.
This is important because the person who buys it should know that this equipment requires fixing this booting issue on their own (I cannot help you) before you can do anything with this computer.
Video of the workstation booting:
This is a computer with RISC processor therefore it only works with operating systems and specific software for Alpha processors.
It can work with operating systems such as:
- Windows NT 3.5, 3.51, and NT 4.0 for Alpha (I think there is beta version of Windows 2000)
- Digital Unix 3.0B, 3.2, 4.0
- Alpha-Linux (RedHat, Debian, Mandrake, etc.)
At the time I stored it I had it working with Windows NT server 4.0 sp 6 and Internet Information Server 3.0.
It also had the MILO bootloader that allowed you to choose between Debian and Windows.
In its day it was functioning as a Web server and Proxy of a network with 5 clients, working day and night without hanging up once.
In addition to being a super robust and safe machine, since DEC was purchased by Compaq and then it was extinguished by the latter, and they were discontinued, there are already very few units of these machines.
Technical specs
- Motherboard:
· 21066/68 in ZIF socket
· 4 SIMM slots (support up to 256 MB of memory) "parity memory"
· Cache SRAM in DIP sockets (0, 256KB, 1MB options)
· 4 ISA slots
· 2 PCI slots
· 1 ISA / PCI shared slot
· PS / 2 Keyboard interface
· PS / 2 mouse interface
· 2 FIFO Serial and 1 Parallel Port (headers on board)
· On-board SCSI controller
· On-board IDE interface
· On-board Floppy interface
· RTC and NVRAM (8KB) [these are the DALLAS DS1287 and DS1230Y with the discharged button-cell batteries]
· 1 MB flash memory in sockets
· "Baby AT" form factor 8.5 "x 13"
- DEC Alpha 21066 processor at 166mhz
- Graphic board MATROX Millenium PCI 2 mb
- 32 MB __parity__ SIMM Ram (VERY IMPORTANT only works with this type of memory)
- - Removable tray for IDE hard disk. [Included, but does not appear on some pictures]
- Hd 1010 MB SCSI
- Hd 1010 MB SCSI
- CDROM 6x SCSI Plextor 6plex (I do not have the caddy)
- FDD 3.5 1.4mb
- Modem 28.8bps Isa
- NE2000 Combo Isa Network
- NE2000 Combo Isa Network
- Super Tower Box. (5 - 5 1/4 2 - 3.5)
For more information related to this computer (unfortunately many of these links no longer work, but you can use Archive.org):
Motherboard Diagram: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/nils/Alpha/Architectures/noname_board.gif
Manuals: http://www.home.unix-ag.org/nils/Alpha/Architectures/Docs/udb-man.pdf
http://www.alphalinux.org
http://www.alphant.com
http://home.wxs.nl/~jddyk/AXPpci33.html
http://www.alphanews.net/
http://www.damicon.fi/alpha/noname.html
http://www.itsinfonet.com/dec06.htm
http://www.unix-ag.org/Linux-Alpha/
http://nemesis.maf.iki.fi/system.html
http://www.stud.uni-siegen.de/sven.koelsch/v4l-alpha/index.html
http://www.request.nl/
Pricing and Payment
I am asking EUR 280 80 or near offers + shipping (depending on destination).
If you are interested please tell me your location and I can provide you with an accurate shipping quotation.
Please bear in mind that is is a very bulky and heavy item and when including the packaging it can reach 25 or 30 kg.
Tracked shipping will be compulsory (I will not ship using the ultra economic parcel service)
Payment by PayPal transfer as friend/gift.
Thank you for watching.
Here are some pictures (click on thumbnail to get a bigger picture):
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