Dear Bob, On 02.07.22 04:43, Bob Tracy wrote:
We had a horrific electrical storm on the 28th, and a lightning strike took out my home air-conditioning units, my cable modem, my Wifi router, a 16-port switch, my Ooma Telo, my main computer, my printer, and... my PWS-433au :-(.
My condolences, what a pity, another classic gone... :,(, not to speak of the other hardware you lost. :-/
The Alpha isn't worth repairing, and I'm not going to go to the trouble of replacing it. I had my fun with it, and frankly, it lasted far longer in 24x7x365 use than I had any right to expect.
All this with the original hardware (PSU, system board, memory)? Insane!
Bottom line: After more years than I care to remember, I'm out of the race. Will continue to lurk and help where/when I can, but I won't be doing any actual testing or debugging on Alpha. Sincere thanks to the experts hanging out here who have helped me through many a rough spot with the Alpha platform.
Thanks for all your involvement here, I myself started my Alpha machine collection with a PWS (a 500au to be exact) and I found it always helpful and encouraging to see your machine running a GUI and what not. Cheers, Frank
