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Laurent FRANCOISE<p>Sur la table d'opération un terminal <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/vt320" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vt320</span></a> , le tube est un peu fatigué je reprends la procédure d'alignement de l'image pour voir si je peux un peu l'améliorer <br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
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Paolo Amoroso<p>Heads up to DEC enthusiasts: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@bitsavers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bitsavers</span></a></span> uploaded dozens of scans of issues of The Mini Tasker DECUS RT-11 SIG newsletter.</p><p><a href="https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/decus/DECUS_SIG_Newsletters/mini-tasker" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/decus/DE</span><span class="invisible">CUS_SIG_Newsletters/mini-tasker</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Vintage Hardware Find Includes Time Capsule of Data - Before social media brought the Internet to the masses, and before even Napster, I... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/vintage-hardware-find-includes-time-capsule-of-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/07/16/vintag</span><span class="invisible">e-hardware-find-includes-time-capsule-of-data/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/virtualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virtualization</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/messageboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>messageboard</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vaxstationii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaxstationii</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emulator</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/simh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>simh</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Air quality health advisory issued for Adirondacks and Central New York <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1194632/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1194632/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Adirondacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adirondacks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AirQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirQuality</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CentralNewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralNewYork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOH</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HealthAdvisory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthAdvisory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PM2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PM2</span></a>.5 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>Nice surprise: the CPU is the 500 MHz 21164 variant. I thought it was only 400 MHz - didn't even know they made an <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> 500 with 500 MHz. 🙂 </p><p>ps: also found the two shorted tantalums already. Hope this will be an easy fix.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AXP</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>The main logic board from a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> 500. You know what to expect when even the external cache needs a fan. 🥳 </p><p>Sadly, this thing did throw sparks on me on first power-up. Guess I have to find those shorted tantalums...</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpha</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AXP</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>Now I need to think about what the heck I'm using this thing for. 😅 Is there any interesting native Alpha software for NT that can showcase the performance and/or usefulness of it?</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AXP</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpha</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>It's done, btw. Next ones all require some sort of repair.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AXP</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>Finally, the first <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> 255 is almost restored. Way more work than anticipated... Was quite shocked what a cheap mess the PSU in these things are. Stuff is held in place only by rivets and bend tabs; trying to remove the fan connector for cleaning ripped out the whole socket from the pcb due to very poor soldering... Anyway, the PSU is clean now and only needs reassembling. After that, I can reinstall the CD-ROM drive and the system is finished. 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpha</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AXP</span></a></p>
Mr Cool<p>Let's see what 1994 is gonna bring us…</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
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derSammler<p>For your viewing pleasure: the mainboard from a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> 255 and the beautiful 300 MHz Alpha 21064 CPU.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RISC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AXP</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>Now cleaning the case parts. The front drive doors all look nice except for one, which has tons of scratches from someone in the past trying to remove a large label. But I assume at least one <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> will be a parts-only machine anyway. So getting four good-looking ones is sufficient. 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpha</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AXP</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>Great, all four cards are working perfectly. 🙂 </p><p>With the AlphaStations, I also got two spare 9.1 GB hard disks. Tested them and both booted right into Windows NT 4.0 SP5. Saves me quite a bit of work. 🥳 </p><p>btw, speed is phenomenal. You are on the desktop in about 30 seconds after POST is complete. And it feels very snappy.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpha</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AXP</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>The PowerStorm 3D (2 MB) and PowerStorm 4D (16 MB) graphics cards taken from the various <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaStation</span></a> models that I've got - ready for individual testing. 🙂 </p><p>btw, the silver IBM chip does 3D acceleration.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://denvr.social/@johne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johne</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@bsidesboulder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bsidesboulder</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://post.lurk.org/@mediaarchaeologylab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mediaarchaeologylab</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Funfact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funfact</span></a>: the whole <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MMJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MMJ</span></a> connector was introdiced by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> to avoid intermixing it with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telco</span></a> equipment just fr German <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DTAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DTAG</span></a> to use it with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISDN</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ADSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADSL</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NTBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NTBA</span></a>|s…<br><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Termination_for_ISDN_Basic_rate_Access" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_</span><span class="invisible">Termination_for_ISDN_Basic_rate_Access</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISDN#Germany" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISDN#Ger</span><span class="invisible">many</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_Modular_Jack" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified</span><span class="invisible">_Modular_Jack</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#Interchangeability" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_</span><span class="invisible">connector#Interchangeability</span></a></p>
Bina Femaroll<p>More joy of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nextstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nextstation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pdp8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pdp8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/datarena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datarena</span></a> Munich</p>
David Hembrow<p>Sorting through stuff in our garage, I found a spare keytop. Should I ever need to switch between 110 and 300 baud in the future this'll come in handy.<br>I think they may have come off a DECwriter.<br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/decwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decwriter</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>keyboard</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>Hat jemand Interesse an einem <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AlphaServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaServer</span></a> 1000A? Der steht bei einem meiner Kontakte noch rum und könnte bei Cochem/Zell abgeholt werden. Leider sind bis auf die CPU keine Karten mehr drin, auch kein RAM und keine Festplatten. Ist aber eine gute Basis für einen Wiederaufbau.</p><p>Bei Interesse bitte eine private Nachricht schreiben, ich leite den Kontakt zwecks Preis-/Terminabsprache dann weiter.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alpha</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
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