Talk:AlphaServer

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It seems AlphaServer 200 did not exist. Is the AS 400 Mustang or rather Chinet/Avanti? Also there seem to be 2 memory options for AS 400 4/166: up to 192 and up to 384. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GL1zdA (talk • contribs) 16:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, the AlphaServer 200 does exist, as evidenced by this old post at a newsgroup by Digital's PR: [1]. As for the AlphaServer 400 4/166, they were based on the AlphaStation 400 4/166, which does support 384 MB of memory with larger SIMMs. Rilak (talk) 06:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But at least here [2] is written it supports only 192 MB, but a year later [3] it's 384 MB. Is it because the mainboard changed, or simply Digital didn't want to sell systems with larger memory? --GL1zdA (talk) 09:14, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Most likely the capacity of the memory modules had increased. One thing I've noticed about Digital was they had a habit of specifying the minimum and maximum memory capacities based on the capacity of the memory modules available at that time, not what the systems actually support. Rilak (talk) 09:25, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References for the codename for the AlphaServer 400 differ; this list has it as "Mustang S", but this message asserts that it shared the Avanti/Chinet codename with the AlphaStation 400. Letdorf (talk) 09:51, 30 September 2008 (UTC).[reply]

Central Office AlphaServers[edit]

There is another line of AlphaServer - NEBS Level 3-certified models for use in Central Offices. So far, I have confirmed the AlphaServer 4100CO, DS10CO and the AlphaServer TS Series, which includes the TS20 and TS40. The line actually goes a bit further, with HP selling two more models before Alpha was discontinued, the TS10L and TS15? Does anyone have any info to share? Rilak (talk) 06:55, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wildfire introduction date questioned[edit]

This article reports that the Wildfire line introduced in 2002, but an email to the sparc-linux mailing list suggests that 256 GB Wildfire machines were in operation as early as September 2000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.98.193.43 (talk) 22:46, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that appears to be incorrect, the GS320 seems to have been announced shortly before September 2000 [4] and the GS80 at the beginning of November 2000 [5]. Letdorf (talk) 09:31, 11 August 2012 (UTC).[reply]