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From: "Alan B. Kahn" <alank@aspsys.com>
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Subject: Re: Alpha's
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If I may point out, my understanding is that NekoTech is no longer in the
Alpha business and no, Deskstation is not shipping, nor do they have a
functional Alpha Raptor 3s.
Alan Kahn
Aspen Systems
alank@aspsys.com
303 431 4606
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From: owner-lightwave-l
To: lightwave-l
Subject: Re: Alpha's
Date: Wednesday, March 01, 1995 1:13AM
Keith Christopher <keithc@library.welch.jhu.edu> writes:
> what's the going price on a Alpha system from aspen or whereever these
> days?
It varies greatly depending on the system and configuration. I know NekoTech
makes a low cost 233MHz system that starts at under $5K. For the 275MHz
systems, they are all roughly close, give or take a few hundred here or
there.
The config will have a big impact. My system has 64MB (the minimum I'd
reccommend for complex work) and that memory alone will set ya back $2K.
This is another reason that the Pentium is not as cost effect as the Alpha.
When ya tack on the memory cost, that cheap Pentium isn't as cheap anymore.
> I see alot of talk about alphas and Pentiums but what about the
> Raptor3?
The Raptor 3 is an interesting machine in that it allows you to choose from
a variety of high speed processors, including the forthcoming DEC 21164.
This flexibility makes the system a little more expensive, but could be an
attractive option for someone who plans to go with one cpu now and change or
upgrade to another later. However, I don't think they are shipping yet (but
I
could be mistaken).
> I was considering one mainly due to $$$ for performance.
Currently, Alpha systems are definitely the price performance leader. But I
think
its a shame that IBM is so completely messed up that they can't get their
act
together with the PowerPC. The 604 and 620 are two of the nicer parts I've
seen
in a while but it could be some time before a commonly available standard
machine is built with them. They should be competing with the Alpha today
and
they are not.
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