Re: hrm... faster than axppci33 needed

[Ken Hansen <khansen njcc com>]

The alphastations 200 series (with the 233 Mhz CPUs) are a *bit* faster,
use the same RAM, and have two more banks for RAM expansion. You will
be able to migrate most, if not all your bits from the noname system
to the alpha station... Performance will be on the order of 1.5x to 2x
as a rought guess... Cost will be *around* $200, maybe a lot less...

Many of the older Alphastations also take standard Parity RAM, but I am
not familiar with model numbers/speed/prices on them...

Good luck,

Ken
khansen@njcc.com

Nick wrote:
> 
> I am the happy owner of an axppci33 based system.
> 
> For the most part this system does all that I ask of it.
> (mail, dns, web, ftp)
> 
> Lately I have been wondering if I may be able to find
> something a little faster.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions for a board/chassie combo?
> I would like to be able to re-use my two 32 meg 72 pin
> 36 bit simms if possible.
> 
> Also I will be needing to boot from SRM so I would be looking
> for either a board with an onboard scsi controler or a suggestion
> as to a cheap scsi controler that is supported by SRM firmware
> (I have heard mixed reports on the diamon fireport 40 card)
> 
> What am I going to be looking at as far as price range goes?
> 
> Thanks
> Nick Maniscalco
> nmanisca@vt.edu
> 
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