Good news is - There's a big list of Resellers below!
Bad news is - New hardware for the OEM channel will be slow!
_____________________ORIGINAL POSTING__________________
Does anyone know of a listing of Alpha OEM resellers or good/bad experiences
with same? I have a PC 164LX system that is running flawlessly and I am
thinking of getting a second system with a faster CPU and more memory. The
MB & CPU setup for the 164LX is for 1 GB (max) RAM and the 21164 CPU at
approx. 600MHz. Now with the 21264 the speed is increased as well as being
able to add a second CPU and the memory can now go to 2 GB.
An ancillary query would be whether or not changes to current OEM offerings
might be in the works from COMPAQ? For example; Will a faster CPU or
different Motherboard capable of holding more memory be available through
OEM channels in the near future?
_______________List of Resellers_____________________________
Here is a link to Alpha OEM's from the Alpha Processor Inc web site;
http://www.alpha-processor.com/resellers/system_vendors.shtml
Apparently this is not an exhaustive list. There were others that were sent
to me as responses to my posting. These are (in no particular preferential
order);
Crescent Computer Systems, Inc
888-413-4112
515-284-0558
www.crescentcomputer.com
Frontier Computer Corporation
231-929-1386 x222
231-929-3042 fax
http://www.frontiercomputercorp.com
Pioneer-Standard Electronics, INC.
www.pios.com
Ben Nitz
Great Lakes Computer
616-698-1100
Compusolve - Steve Thompson - 603-378-0700
E.L.I -
http://www.eli.com - Gillian Canty
Gemini Digital - Julie Hokeness
____________Comments about Resellers__________________________
(1)
I have a PC164LX, that I had custom built by Aspen
Systems. They were extremely helpful and very
knowledgable in the setup. They also provide excellent
tech support. I would recommend them for any custom
built alpha configuration. They spend a lot of time
testing out new OEM parts from API/Compaq and are
extremely knowledgable about clustering.
FROM
Octave J. Orgeron Specializing in :
Unix Systems Administrator Tru64/Solaris/Linux
Taos Mountain, Inc.
www.taos.com Certified Solaris
unixconsole_at_yahoo.com Systems Administrator
(2)
I recommend you to go www.harddata.com
They have excellent price, support etc.
OEM's have
UP2000(dual CPU max2GB mem M/B) for Unix/Linux
UP1x00(single CPU max768MB mem M/B) for Linux currently.
FROM
Iwao Makino Alpha OEM MFG.
HIT Corporation Ltd.,
Tel:+81-3-3714-0469
ChinonHaramachi 1-16-5 Haramachi Fax:+81-3-3714-0789
Meguro 152-0011
http://www.hpc.co.jp/
Tokyo, Japan mailto:makino_at_hpc.co.jp
(3)
Try Pioneer-Standard Electronics, INC. We have one of the largest
Alpha/Tru64 installations in the world (5 acres) and they are who we buy
from.
FROM
John R. James Jr.
Unix Systems Engineer
Applied Infrastructure Technology
Acxiom, Corp.
501-342-3061
jrjame_at_acxiom.com
(4)
Other comment not included.
_____________Comments about Future OEM stuff________________
There will be DDR version, Rambus version coming out in near? future.
There won't be much news.....(may be DDR cache CPU) for next half year or
so.
FROM
Iwao Makino Alpha OEM MFG.
HIT Corporation Ltd.,
Tel:+81-3-3714-0469
ChinonHaramachi 1-16-5 Haramachi Fax:+81-3-3714-0789
Meguro 152-0011
http://www.hpc.co.jp/
Tokyo, Japan mailto:makino_at_hpc.co.jp
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