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Subject: Alpha OpenVMS Portable

Original Message

Name: rp smith
Date: January 21, 2003 at 12:28:53 Pacific
Subject: Alpha OpenVMS Portable
OS: OpenVMS 7.3
CPU/Ram: 500 meg

Comment:

I'm looking for a portable lunch-box size alpha box that will run OpenVMS 7.3 or a ATX motherboard that will run the same OS and fit in one of the available lunch-box ATX frames. Any help would be greatly apprecaited.
RP...

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Response Number 1

Name: Nic Clews
Date: January 23, 2003 at 05:04:36 Pacific
Subject: Alpha OpenVMS Portable

Reply: (edit)

You want a Tadpole Alphabook !
Laptop sized VMS box, however OpenVMS 7.3 is
the maximum version it can run (includes 7.3-1 released august 2002, and 7.3-2 due later this year).
You can also get modular Alpha systems, motherboard, CPU etc, very do-it-yourself. (Digital Modular Computing)
You could do a lot worse than a DS10, high power in a smallish form factor.

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Response Number 2

Name: rpsmith
Date: January 29, 2003 at 14:12:07 Pacific
Subject: Alpha OpenVMS Portable

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Thanks for the reply! Seems the tadpole has been out of production for awhile :O( We a currently using a 1U HP box but was hoping to find some more portable.
Thanks again, Roy...

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Response Number 3

Name: pco
Date: March 24, 2003 at 13:05:58 Pacific
Subject: Alpha OpenVMS Portable

Reply: (edit)

I do have an original Alphabook1 System for sale but it runs OpenVMS 6.2 and it's located in Germany. It's fully operational except that the installed battery pack is weak.
Please feel free to get in touch by email if you are interessted in buying.

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