DEC PC's
Peter, I'll try to answer your questions the best I can, but you'll ultimately
be best off by calling DEC PC division at (800)-722-9332 to get DEC info from
the horses mouth, so-to-speak.
Re the re-compiliation of MAX for Alpha, there is no official word yet from
Autodesk. If you want my personal feelings, I'd bet it'll happen, but not to
the extent of buying an Alpha right now. A wait-and-see attitude is the best
thing at this point.
If you have the DEC PC/XL (as opposed to the Celibrus), you'll need to upgrade
the motherboard as well as the daughterboard because the original chipset on
the XL's MB doesn't support higher-speed P5's. Thus the ridiculous price. I am
currently arguing that this is not fair business, and they should upgrade for
the price of the daughterboard, which should be much less. I was promised
daughterboard upgrade capability to higher P5 systems when I bought this thing,
and they should damn well provide it.
If this doesn't come to be, I'll announce it here (LOUDLY), and buy an entire
new system for MAX, hoping for the Alpha re-compiliation so I don't have to use
the DEC machine for a doorstop.
-Alan