I would certainly buy one for $30 and maybe even for 3 or 4 times that. I'd want a faster chip, though. At this point I think it should be possible to pick up the faster chips fairly easily because Compaq is killing this chip, I guess in favor of the Itanium. I'm currently spec'ing building a system with the AMD Opteron using a Tyan board. Shaun Oliver writes: > From: Shaun Oliver <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au> > > I had my chance to aquire a dec alpha I tell ya what for 30 bux, I couldn't complain.. > if the opportunity presents itself again, I'll be aquiring one of these babies.