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Hardware specifications The Alpha Multias included either an Alpha AXP 21066 or 21066A microprocessor running at 166 MHz or 233 MHz respectively, and came standard with 16 or 24 MB of RAM (expandable to 128 MB (officially, but will accept up to 256MB)). Because the 21066 was a budget version of the Alpha 21064 processor, it had a slower bus and performance was roughly equivalent to a Pentium running at 60 MHz; furthermore, the standard RAM capacity was a severe restriction on the performance of these workstations. The Alpha Multias came with the TGA graphics adapter. Standard peripherals on both Alpha and Intel models included a SCSI host adapter, DEC 21040 Ethernet controller, two PCMCIA slots, two RS-232 ports, a bi-directional parallel port, a 2.5 in or 3.5 in SCSI or ATA hard disk (340 MB to 1.6 GB), PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, and a PCI slot (on models with 2.5 in hard disks). Models Multia models comprised: In 1996, Digital began offering the Alpha Multia without Windows NT and renamed the line the "Universal Desktop Box" (nicknamed "UDB"). Prices were quite low, such that for the first time many enthusiasts and hobbyists could afford an Alpha AXP-based computer. The Multia or UDB can run Windows NT for Alpha through Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 (although Windows 2000 was never officially released for the Alpha platform, Windows 2000 Beta was released and in fact runs on the Multia), and both Linux and NetBSD are available for the Multia. Additionally, both Digital UNIX and OpenVMS can be configured to run on the Multia (with certain limitations), although initially such operating systems were disabled from running on the budget Multia line. The Multia came configured with the ARC firmware console for running Windows NT, although SRM was also available. | ||||||||||
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