[Info-vax] Quiet?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-03-31, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> In article <t251pe$qto$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
><davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 
>
>> I'm running a VAXstation 4000 model 90A, a 1998 DECpc with 333 Mhz CPU, and 
>> various other old DEC HW.  They weren't into building junk.
>
> The old DEC hardware: all VAXes (not sure about even older stuff, but my 
> guess is yes) were really built to last.  I've generally had good luck 
> with Alphas, but have the impression that the newer they are the shorter 
> the useful lifetime, though it is still OK.
>

The nice thing about hardware these days is that the power supplies
are much more standard than they used to be so replacing them in
the future should be easier than replacing power supplies in old
equipment is at the moment.

For the low power equipment, I also approve of the movement towards
using a USB port as the power mechanism as that gets rid of the old
custom and non-standard external power supplies problem.

Simon.

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