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System Information
Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Model: AlphaServer 800
Hostname: mars Address: ?
CPU: DECchip 21164 (Alpha EV5) @ 500MHz RAM: 512MB
System Software: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
Software: Windows NT 3.50 SDK, Visual C++ 4.0 RISC Edition, Visual C++ 6.0 RISC Edition, Windows 2000 SDK (64bit)
Services: None yet

I purchased this machine from someone in Auckland along with two AlphaStation 200s (Saturn and Jupiter) and managed to get them transported to Hamilton for free. It had the following installed:

Since then I have installed an additional three hard disks: IBM DMVS, Seagate Cheetah ST39204LC, Seagate Cheetah ST39204LC.

This one is in fairly good condition but not quite as good as the other AlphaServer 800. Its a bit dusty and is missing the "ALPHAserver 800" logo from the front. Like the other it is in rackmount form without its rails. One bank of RAM (256MB) is currently disabled due to an unhappy module so it is currently running on only 256MB of RAM.

It took until November 2023 for this machine to find a purpose. It got a brand new DS12887+ installed and now runs Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 RC2. Its now used to do the Alpha NT builds of Kermit 95 being substantially faster than the AlphaStation 200 4/166 I was using previously for the job. Its currently got the full 512MB of RAM enabled and seems to be working OK, though in its current role little of it actually gets used so possibly the previously mentioned faulty module just hasn't been encountered yet.

Images

Unlike the other AlphaServer 800, this one has plenty of images, which can be seen in its section of the image gallery:
[Mars Gallery]