AlphaStation


AlphaStation is the name given to a series of computer workstations, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and later by Compaq and HP. As the name suggests, the AlphaStations were based on the DEC Alpha 64-bit microprocessor. Supported operating systems for AlphaStations comprise Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS and Windows NT. Most of these workstations can also run various versions of Linux and BSD operating systems.
Other Alpha workstations produced by DEC include the DEC 2000 AXP , the DEC 3000 AXP, the Digital Personal Workstation a-Series and au-Series, the Multia VX40/41/42 and the Alpha XL/Alpha XLT line.

Models

From the XP900 onwards, all AlphaStation models were simply workstation configurations of the corresponding AlphaServer model.

Avanti Family

ModelCode name# of
CPUs
CPUCPU
MHz
B-cacheChipsetMemoryExpansionEnclosureIntroducedDiscontinued
200 4/100Mustang121064
100512 KB210718 to 384 MB1 PCI
1 or 2 PCI/ISA
1 ISA
Desktop1995-02-23?
200 4/166Mustang121064
166512 KB210718 to 384 MB1 PCI
1 or 2 PCI/ISA
1 ISA
Desktop1994-11-03?
200 4/233Mustang+121064A 233512 KB210718 to 384 MB1 PCI
1 or 2 PCI/ISA
1 ISA
Desktop1994-11-03?
205 4/xxxLX3121064A
133 to 333????Desktop??
250 4/266M3121064A
2662 MB2107232 to 512 MB1 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
1 ISA
Desktop1995-04-03?
255/233LX3+121064A
2331 MB2107232 to 512 MB2 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
1 ISA
Desktop1996-03-06?
255/300LX3+121064A
3001 MB2107232 to 512 MB2 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
1 ISA
Desktop1996-03-06?
400 4/166Chinet121064
166512 KB210718 to 384 MB2 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
3 ISA
Tower1995-02-23?
400 4/233Avanti121064A
233512 KB210718 to 384 MB2 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
3 ISA
Tower1994-11-03?
400 4/266Avanti121064A
266512 KB210718 to 384 MB2 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
3 ISA
Tower??
400 4/300Avanti121064A
300512 KB210718 to 384 MB2 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
3 ISA
Tower??

Alcor Family

ModelCode name# of
CPUs
CPUCPU
MHz
B-cacheChipsetMemoryExpansionEnclosureIntroducedDiscontinued
500/266Maverick121164
2662 MB2117132 to 512 MB1 33 MHz PCI-X
3 PCI
Desktop1996-03-06?
500/333Maverick121164
3332 MB2117132 to 512 MB1 33 MHz PCI-X
3 PCI
Desktop1996-03-06?
500/400Bret121164A
4002 MB2117232 MB to 1 GB1 33 MHz PCI-X
3 PCI
Desktop1996-03-06?
500/500Bret121164A
5008 MB2117232 MB to 1 GB1 33 MHz PCI-X
3 PCI
Desktop1996-08-06?
600 5/266Alcor121164
2662 or 4 MB2117132 MB to 1 GB3 33 MHz PCI-X
1 PCI
1 PCI/EISA
3 EISA
Pedestal1995-08-02?
600 5/300Alcor121164
3002 or 4 MB2117132 MB to 1 GB3 33 MHz PCI-X
1 PCI
1 PCI/EISA
3 EISA
Pedestal1995-08-02?
600 5/333Alcor121164
3334 MB2117132 MB to 1 GB3 33 MHz PCI-X
1 PCI
1 PCI/EISA
3 EISA
Pedestal??

Noritake and Rawhide Family

Tsunami Family

ModelCode name# of
CPUs
CPUCPU
MHz
B-cacheChipsetMemoryExpansionEnclosureIntroducedDiscontinued
DS10
VS10
TS10
XP900
WebBrick121264
4662 MB21272256 MB to 2 GB
100 MHz SDRAM
3 PCI-X
1 PCI
Desktop??
DS10
VS10
TS10
XP900
WebBrick121264A
6002 MB21272256 MB to 2 GB
100 MHz SDRAM
3 PCI-X
1 PCI
Desktop??
DS20EGoldrack1, 221264A
6678 MB
21272512 MB to 4 GB5 PCI-X
1 PCI-X/ISA
Tower??
DS20EGoldrack1, 221264B
8338 MB
21272512 MB to 4 GB5 PCI-X
1 PCI-X/ISA
Tower??
ES40Clipper1, 2, 3, 421264A
6678 MB
21272512 MB to 32 GB
100 MHz SDRAM
6 or 10 PCI-XPedestal??
ES40Clipper1, 2, 3, 421264B
8338 MB
21272512 MB to 32 GB
100 MHz SDRAM
6 or 10 PCI-XPedestal??
XP1000Monet121264
5004 MB21272256 MB to 2 GB2 PCI-X
2 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
Tower1999-02-01?
XP1000Brisbane121264A
6674 MB21272256 MB to 2 GB2 PCI-X
2 PCI
1 PCI/ISA
Tower??

Titan and Marvel Family

A variant of the AlphaStation 1200 was also sold as the Digital Ultimate Workstation 533au².

Some systems had one of the microprocessors deactivated, which may be reactivated with a license upgrade.