Re: "Double Exception from CPU 0" on Alpha 4100 DRA0 boot



dittman@xxxxxxxxxxx writes in article <3aDsf.5695$Ff6.5099@trnddc01> dated Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:09:19 GMT:
>Keith A. Lewis <klewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have run VMS on several blue Alphaserver 4100's. It works and is fully
>> supported. The only bad thing about them is the power supplies fail fairly
>> often. You can run with an extra so it doesn't take down the system when
>> one fails. If you decide you're going to keep this machine long-term you
>> should plan for this.
>
>I hadn't had this experience with Alphaserver 4100 systems. The ones I'm
>around have been running for a long time, too.

Maybe I got a bad batch. Most of mine were purchased in 1997 from a single
reseller.

--Keith Lewis klewis {at} mitre.org
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