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Re:Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 ... by lmm on Monday July 22, 2024 @12:28AM (#41030934)
I used to have an Alpha server from that vintage with I think 512MB of RAM. Came on two daughterboards full of 32K (or maybe 16K) SIMMs.
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Re:Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 ... by nineteen999 on Monday July 22, 2024 @03:17AM (#41031689)
I had a Alpha 21164PC[1] on an 164SX motherboard with 512MB RAM back around that time. That thing absolutely flied. I installed Debian on it and I remember compiling and running Gnome 1.x from scratch on it. Fun times.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_21164#Alpha_21164PC_(PCA...

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Re:Apollo DN10000: Quad CPU/128Mb RAM workstation from 1988 ... by lproven on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:44AM (#41044621)
Alpha first shipped in 1993:

http://www.cpu-collection.de/?l0=co&l1=DEC&l2=Alpha+AXP

Half a decade later, which was a long time back then.

Comparison: 80286, 1982; 80386, 1985; 80486, 1989.

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