My vintage computing

How I got myself a DEC 3000 Model 800 AXP Deskside Workstation—A story with pictures and videos

Chapter 1
A new home for Alpha
Chapter 2
The first look
Chapter 3
The power supply
Chapter 4
The dim bulb tester

Chapter 5
What’s inside
Chapter 6
Turning on
Chapter 7
Memory and serial ROM
Chapter 8
SROM dumps

More to follow: cables and connectors, network boot, SCSI emulation, sync-on-green, and other stories.