From: David Turner [d_b_turner@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 8:11 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: 400a/400au + 500a/500au Well - Bon Soir Msr Moi/me Alpha PWS 500a(u) We modifiy them and resell them As far as we have seen, no one has put their system on a maintenance contract, purely because it is too expensive and unnecessary As we use mostly digital parts (except for the graphics card and the OEM version of DEC's KZPBA scsi UW card) I couldn't see why they(compaq) wouldn't Remember though, Compaq ain't Digital - the service folks normally would get there next day sometime, not within 4 hours like it used to be - even when you have a 4 hour contract (my experience and that of many people with whom I communicate) We offer a 1 year warranty, advanced product replacement - goes for the motherboard, cpu memory video card CD-ROm etc We ship FEDEX P1 in the USA and Canada, and Datapost in the UK - and FEDEX EU for European customers (next day) If you wanted an extended plan, we could do this for a nominal fee (just like best buy !) Regards David Turner Island Computers US Corporation 2700 Gregory Street Savannah GA 31404 Tel: 912 447 6622 Fax:912 201 0096 sales@islandco.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "moi_is_me" Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 9:18 AM Subject: 400a/400au + 500a/500au > > > Of late, there seems to be a number of 400a + 500a alpha machines > showing up for sale. > > What parts (and at what cost) are actually involved in modifying > one of these to run VMS/TRU64 ? > > For those that have modified one ... have you good / bad experience ? > > BTW - once modified, can you get support contracts ? > > TIA > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. "moi_is_me" wrote in message news:8gbc3g$rh0$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > > Of late, there seems to be a number of 400a + 500a alpha machines > showing up for sale. > > What parts (and at what cost) are actually involved in modifying > one of these to run VMS/TRU64 ? > > For those that have modified one ... have you good / bad experience ? > > BTW - once modified, can you get support contracts ? > > TIA > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.