Re: Very bad news

[Bob Taylor <brtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 16:16 -0400, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:45:52PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 12:24:08PM -0700, Bob Taylor wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a 12 year old 154LX I've been running constantly since I
> > 
> > 12 years? Are you sure? The docs on Compaqs pages are dated 1997, and
> > IIRC, 1991 the first alphas were introduced, and you bought yours
> > 1993?
> 
> Yes, my source (who actually worked on the design/implementation of
> that board) says 1997 is prolly the year of LX's FRS (First Revenue
> Ship).
> 
> So, 8 years is prolly the max you could actually have had it...
> 
> ...although WE always thought it was ahead of its time... ;-}
> 
> Still, a nice long time to be getting use from ANY computer...

OK. Went back to my records. I purchased my Alpha 8/19/1998. It just
*seems* like 12 years!

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