[Info-vax] The Case of the Crusty Alpha CPU

[Ken Farmer]

Original hardware for Alphaservers isn't hard to find. Locating a used server, however, does not change its pedigree. All of this iron is old, sometimes in ways that can surprise.

For example, on the OpenVMS newsgroup, a discussion is underway about thermal compounds. These are the adhesives used in creating CPU boards for servers.

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