Re: AlphaServer 2100s available

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Apr 15, 2022, at 6:49 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> We occasionally hear of aged computers being employed in the nuclear
> power industry, certain military applications or long lifed medical
> equipment for example.  I imagine that these machines can have a
> significant commercial value long after their contemporaries which are
> not involved in these roles.  

An example: in the past year, a CDC mainframe (the last generation of what 
started with the 6600 in 1964) was taken out of service at Vandenberg SFB.  And 
actually, the architecture is still in use, but the replacement is an emulator 
rather than a "real" machine.

        paul