[Info-vax] Estimates of long-term availabilty of 600MHz DS10s

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article
<d6a69451-2ef2-4c0c-971d-808970f7f243 at n4g2000vbz.googlegroups.com>,
tadamsmar <tadamsmar at yahoo.com> writes: 

> We depend on 4 DS10s and an AS800.  Or more or less, 2 of these can be
> pressed into service as backup machines if need be.

Could you use other ALPHA hardware?

> DS10s seem fairly easy to find for <$2000 these days.

Indeed.  I've even got some for more than $2000 less than that.  :-)

> I wonder if I should stock up, put some on the shelf for the future.

Good idea.

> How long will they be easily available?

No idea.

> What strategy do you use to make sure you don't run out of hardware?

Collect enough to last me until I die.  I'm almost there (collecting, 
not dying).