Re: XP1000 technical manual?

From: Robert Deininger (rdeininger_at_mindspringdot.com)
Date: 02/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:14:37 GMT

In article <4036A3D4.1030309@Flying-Disk.com>, Alan Frisbie
<Usenet01REMOVE@Flying-Disk.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know if a technical manual exists for the XP1000?
>I looked at everything pointed to by Ask The Wizard #8184,
>in particular:
>
> And specifically for the AlphaStation XP1000 series hardware:
>
> ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/supportinformation/techpubs/
> maintenance_guides/120205-002.pdf
>
>But this manual is for PCs, and contains nothing more technical
>than "If it does not turn on, make sure it is plugged in" (OK,
>it does go a bit further than that, but not much). I'm
>afraid that The Wizard blew it on this one.
>
>I'm looking for something that is actually useful to someone
>who wants to open the case and do something radical like add
>memory or a disk drive.
>
>Has anyone ever seen anything like that?

Documentation for the XP1000 (and the Digital Personal Workstations)
pretty much marks the low point for alpha systems. I haven't found good
technical or diagnostic docs. Even the service manual I have seen is a
joke. Maybe service depots that do module-level repairs have better; I
don't know.

But to open the case, you loosen the 3 thumbscrews on the back and slide
the cover off. The plastic front panel is held by snap-clips that you can
get to once the cover is off.

Disks and memory go in the fairly obvious places. Disks are "standard"
SCSI, and I've never seen generic specs for XP1000 memory. Use DEC/Compaq
memory, or compatible. (I realize that's not a useful description, but I
don't have better.)

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