Ok, something for fans of oldies : DEC Alpha Socket A

[ConstantinSimon]

From what I understand Socket A motherboards with chipsets 751 or 761 are compatible with DEC Alpha 21264 processors. My question is which Alphas are compatible ? It's really confusing.

If you're thinking about what I'm going do with it, it's for fun.
(PS: I bought a fully functioning PC for 10$ equivalent yesterday and was wondering what to do with it...)

 

[COLGeek]

See here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_21264

Irongate

AMD developed two Alpha 21264-compatible chipsets, the Irongate, also known as the AMD-751, and its successor, Irongate-2, also known as the AMD-761. These chipsets were developed for their Athlon microprocessors but due to AMD licensing the EV6 bus used in the Alpha from Digital, the Athlon and Alpha 21264 were compatible in terms of bus protocol. The Irongate was used by Samsung in their UP1000 and UP1100 motherboards. The Irongate-2 was used by Samsung in their UP1500 motherboard.

I would imagine you would need specific motherboards (and the associated BIOS/firmwares) for this to actually work.

$10.00 PC, make it into a firewall.

 

[ConstantinSimon]

See here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_21264

Irongate

AMD developed two Alpha 21264-compatible chipsets, the Irongate, also known as the AMD-751, and its successor, Irongate-2, also known as the AMD-761. These chipsets were developed for their Athlon microprocessors but due to AMD licensing the EV6 bus used in the Alpha from Digital, the Athlon and Alpha 21264 were compatible in terms of bus protocol. The Irongate was used by Samsung in their UP1000 and UP1100 motherboards. The Irongate-2 was used by Samsung in their UP1500 motherboard.

I would imagine you would need specific motherboards (and the associated BIOS/firmwares) for this to actually work.

$10.00 PC, make it into a firewall.

Well, that's the page that got me here and the 10$ PC is actually an irongate 751 chip set Socket A machine.
My biggest problem is just which damn DEC Alpha is Socket A compatible. They go for around 30-40 $ with shipping, but there seem to be one specificaly for every OEM that ever used x86 😛
If anyone could point me in a general direction I would be most grateful

 

[COLGeek]

What is the make/model of the $10 PC (or at least the motherboard)? I ask because if that motherboard doesn't support the Alpha via its BIOS, you are wasting time and money. Does the PC have a CPU installed in it now?