[Info-vax] Alphastation 200 4/100 upgrade

H Vlems hvlems at freenet.de
Sat Nov 27 16:33:38 EST 2010


On 25 nov, 13:33, Dennis Grevenstein <dennis.grevenst... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   Is there some rational reason for trying to upgrade
> > crippled obsolete junk into merely lame obsolete junk?
>
> No. I just like to mess with the care and feeding of old
> obsolete systems. I also have a MicroVAX II which I like
> to fire up when it's cold outside. It's more like a retro-
> computing activity. I would certainly argue that an
> Alphastation is never lame, but rather very 1337. ;-)
>
> Dennis
>
> --
> Don't suffer from insanity...
> Enjoy every minute of it.

Now that's an argument I clearly understand :-)
Hans

PS
an Alpha Server 1200 is a much better heater than a microVAX II, it
even runs somewhat faster!



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