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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Alpha Based Machines (Was: Re: IBM 57SLC)
To: sextonr.crestvie@squared.com (Sexton, Robert)
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> On a subject change....
> Are there any _affordable_ alpha motherboards out there yet?
> I see microway is selling $5000 dollar, 32MB systems.  <Ouch!>
> Economies of scale look a long way off.

You can buy DEC Multia's quite cheap... only problem is that they
are not being made any more, so getting replacements might become
hard.

I have seen proces as low as $750 for a working system, without
monitor.  Check out the for-sale.workstation news groups.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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