[Info-vax] Quiet?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/31/2022 5:10 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) 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.

DEC build computers to last decades.

Lots of VAX'es and Alpha's still running shows that.

But the sad fact is that it does not make financial sense today
to build computers like that. Computers are technological obsolete
after 3-5-8 years and they get replaced, so not really any point
in making them to last 20 years.

Arne