7. Where Do I Get Alpha Hardware?

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7.1 Australia (country code: 61)

Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital OEM Products
410 Concord Road
Rhodes, NSW 2138
voice: 2-561-5406
fax: 2-561-5777
contact: Allan Homulos

7.2 Austria (country code: 43)

EDV-Beratung DREYER

Hintnausdorf 14
A-9300 St. Veit/Glan
voice: 4212-60040
fax: 4212-60044
cellular: 664-2038200
desc: Sells various Alpha systems/boards.
contact: wdr@quant-x.com
web: http://www.quant-x.com

7.3 Canada (country code: 1)

Hard Data Ltd.

11060 - 166 Avenue,
Edmonton, AB T5X 1Y3
voice: (403) 456-1510
fax: (403) 456-1510 or 457-1338
email: Maurice Hilarius
desc: DEC Technical OEM and business partner. Motherboards, Parts, and complete systems in various configurations are available. This Digital TOEM in Canada is both Linux friendly, and willing to sell to end-users.

7.4 France (country code: 33)

Digital Equipment France

TOEM (C&P BU)
5, rue de la renaissance
92187 Antony Cedex
voice: 33-1 69 87 13 26
fax: 33-1 69 87 57 17
main: 33-1 69 87 51 11
email: Francois Potard
contact: Francois POTARD

METROLOGIE

Tour d'Asnieres
4, avenue Laurent Cely
92606 Asnieres Cedex
voice: 33-1 40 80 90 00
fax: 33-1 40 86 04 85
contact: Mr Jean-Claude BACH
desc: Master reseller, sells both boards and systems.

LUCCA

37, Route de Versailles - Champlan
91163 Longjumeau Cedex
voice: 33-1 64 54 07 35
contact: Mr Giorgio FLORI
desc: Sells boards.

E.S.C.

8, avenue de l'Isle Saint Martin
92737 NANTERRE Cedex
voice: 33-1 69 85 31 00
fax: 33-1 69 85 58 21
email: devins@escdirect.fr
URL: http://www.escdirect.fr
contact: Philippe DEVINS
desc: Sells boards and systems.

DialEcrans

70, rue Maurice Ripoche
75014 Paris
voice: 33-1 45 43 56 26
fax: 33-1 45 43 17 78
email: mailto:dialec@dialup.francenet.fr
contact: Philippe DEGOY
desc: Sells boards.

Newtek

8, rue de l'Esterel
SILIC 583
94663 Rungis Cedex
voice: 33-1 46 87 22 00
fax: 33-1 46 87 60 49
contact: Mr Roger MOCAER
desc: Distributor for "Digital Semiconductor". Sells Alpha AXP Microprocessors and Evaluation boards.

Some integrators who resell complete solutions using the AXPpci33 and AlphaPC64 SBCs:

A.G.M.D.

778, rue Labat
75018 Paris
voice: 33-1 42 52 01 01
fax: 33-1 42 52 00 10
contact: Gilles Le Richom
desc: Sells boards and systems.

Concept Informatique

4, rue H. Lahuppe
06220 Golfe Juan
voice: 33 93 63 15 55
fax: 33 93 63 71 04
contact: Thomas AIME
desc: Sells boards and systems.

GETEK

113, rue Aristide Briand
91401 Orsay Cedex
voice: 33-1 60 14 44 32
fax: 33-1 69 31 35 82
contact: Dan COSTOVICI
desc: Sells systems.

7.5 Germany (country code: 49)

RCH

Computer-Großhandel
Dieter Rimmler
Zussdorfer Straße 67
D-88271 Wilhelmsdorf
voice: +49 7503 9300-0
fax: +40 7503 930050

Rolf Obler Industrie Elektronik

Bunsenstraße 1
D-88142 Martinsried
voice: (089) 895602-0
fax: (099) 89560299
desc: Sells Cabriolet and EB164 motherboards.

Scholz Elektronik

Freischützstraße 94
D-81927 München
voice: (089) 957-2430
fax: (089) 957-24333
desc: Scholz Elektronik is reselling both Aspen and Digital boards.

7.6 Italy (country code: 39)

Avnet EMG

Via Novara 570
I-20153 Milano
voice: (02) 3810 3100
fax: (02) 3800 2988
contact: Mr. Bernardini
desc: Industrial Distributor for all Digital SBCs (single-board computers). Can sell Noname systems as well as other board-level products in small volumes.

Unidata Srl

Via S. Damaso 20
I-00165 Rome
contact: Paolo Bevilacqua )
voice: (06) 3938 7319
fax: (06) 3936 6949
web: http://www.unidata.it
email: info@unidata.it
desc: Unidata Srl is a business partner of DEC Italy. This means that they have all the DEC Alpha boards (Noname and newer) available, barebones or assembled in complete systems.

7.7 Japan (country code: 81)

Frontier Kojiro

voice: 820-53-1358
fax: 820-52-5565
desc: Sells Noname systems running Windows NT.

7.8 Sweden (country code: 46)

Digital Equipment AB

Tommy Danielsson
Allen 6
172 89 Sundbyberg
Sweden
voice: 8-6297980 (direct) or 8-6298000 (operator)
email: Tommy Danielsson
x400: C=se;A=400net;P=digital;S=Danielsson;G=Tommy

GB Topcomp Electronics

164 81 Kista
voice: 8-7575300
fax: 8-7575353
contact: Jan Pettersson

7.9 Switzerland (country code: 41)

DEC Digital Equipment Corporation AG

Überlandstrasse 1
Postfach
8600 Dübendorf
voice: +1 801 21 11
fax: +1 801 23 23
contact: Ivo Portmann

7.10 U.K. (country code: 44)

Compusys Ltd

58 Edison Road
Rabans Lane Industrial Estate
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP19 3TE
voice: 01296 505100
fax: 01296 24165
contact: Andy Pitt
descrip: We are now able to offer systems based on a range of Alpha's from the 166MHz 21066 to the 266MHz 21164 system. Our core business is based on building finished CE marked systems to customer specifications.

7.11 U.S. (country code: 01)

Compared to earlier versions of this FAQ, this section shrunk a lot. This is because the listing is now limited to those vendors that are willing and capable to sell Linux/Alpha boxes both in large and small quantities, and will be willing to accept credit card orders or checks as well as Purchase Orders. You can expect that these companies have at least heard the word "Linux" before and that they sell at least one type of Linux-capable systems.

Please send additional requests for listings to maddog , with the subject line "YET ANOTHER GREAT VENDOR OF LINUX ALPHA SYSTEMS" (in all caps, to attract the over-worked maddog's attention). He will appreciate it if you will give in your email all of your contact information and an indication that you meet the above-stated criteria for this list.

Aspen Systems Inc.

4026 Youngfield St.
Wheat Ridge CO 80033
voice: 303-431-4606
email: randyp@aspsys.com
URL: http://www.aspsys.com
desc: Aspen Systems Inc is a Digital OEM partner who engineers and manufactures motherboards based upon the 21064 and 21164 ALPHA processors. Linux is supported on multiple models currently.

AVNET

voice: 1-800-426-7999
desc: AVNET sells boards and systems, both in small quantities and large quantities.

BTG

voice: 1-800-449-4228, 1-703-714-7204
fax: 1-703-714-7204
email: jbell@btg.com
URL: http://www.btg.com
desc: Sells boards and systems.

Carrera Computers, Inc.

23181 Verdugo Drive
Building 101
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
voice: 1-800-576-RISC
URL: http://www.carrera.com
email: carrera1@delphi.com
desc: Does not sell Noname boards, but does sell Cabriolet motherboards and complete systems.

DCG Computers

35 Otterson Rd.
Londonderry, NH 03053
voice: (603) 421-1800
fax: (603) 421-0911
contact: Steven Gaudet
URL: http://www.dcginc.com
email: Steven Gaudet
desc: Both motherboards and complete systems in various configurations are available.

International Technology Sales

500 North Cary-Algonquin Road
Cary, Illinois 60013-2083
voice: 1-847-639-0775
fax: 1-847-639-0710
URL: http://www.itsinfonet.com
email: its@itsinfonet.com
desc: DEC Technical OEM and business parter. Sells various Alpha boards and systems.

Kenetics Technology

35 Campus Drive
Edison, NJ 08837
voice: 1-908-346-0122
fax: 1-908-346-1288
URL: http://www.kenetics.com/
desc: Sells Linux-compatible Alpha motherboards. For more info see Section Noname (AXPpci33) .

Lodgepole Technology, Inc.

10242 189th Court NE
Redmond, Wa. 98052
voice: 1-206-807-1625
fax: 1-206-868-3753
URL: http://www.lodgepole.com/
desc: Sells boards and systems.

Bushey Virtual Construction

951 S. Cypress St. Suite F
La Habra, Ca. 90631
voice: +01-714-447-3587
fax: +01-714-447-3598
desc: Sells boards and systems.

Nekotech

102 Tide Mill Rd Suite 6
Hampton, NH 03842-2705
voice: 1-800-635-6895
fax: 1-603-926-0301
URL: http://www.alphapower.com
desc: Sells boards and systems.

7.12 Taiwan (country code: 886)

Lumax International Corp. Ltd.

7th Fl, 52, Sec. 3
Nan-Kang Road
Taipei, Taiwan
voice: 886-2-7883656 x.674
fax: 886-2-7883568
contact: Felix Huang
email: departd@mailer.lumax.com.tw
desc: Sells boards: Noname, Cabrios, EB164, etc. Linux is not available pre-installed, but this is apparently something that is being worked on.


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