[Info-vax] Alpha CPU revision & serial number, blank?

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article
<11812dba-9f9d-4391-80c8-d723301120c2 at o9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes: 

> > Better?  I thought an XP1000 was a later generation system than
> > the DS10 (or XP900, in AlphaStation terms)?  Or, did HP/Compaq
> > retract support for AlphaStations earlier than the AlphaServer
> > systems?
> 
>    The XP1000 was an odd-ball, a low-end workstation,
> unrelated to any server (unlike the XP900/DS10).  

> Does "CPU Type  EV6  Pass 2.5 (21264)" sound more
> advanced than what you see on your DS10 systems?  

>    So, an XP1000 was (for a while) the best cheap-junk EV6
> Alpha bargain which could be found.  Not so nice or fancy as
> the DS10 (and up), but not so pricey, either.

I have a "COMPAQ Professional Workstation XP1000"

                Type...........: EV67, Pass 2.2.2
                Speed..........: 666 Mhz

                Main Memory (2.00GB)

This is my best VMS machine.  Actually, not bad, considering that they 
can now be had for free.  (I have some DS10s which might have slightly 
better CPUs (not sure), but they don't have this much memory.)

The DS10 is probably the better machine, but a) the XP1000 usually has a 
graphics card in it (of course one can put one in a DS10 as well), b) 
doesn't have the management interface on top of the serial port (which 
is useful but takes some getting used to).  It is also relatively easy 
to swap hardware in and out of it.