AlphaStation was the name given to a series of computer workstations, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and latterly 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 (formerly Digital UNIX), OpenVMS and Windows NT (with AlphaBIOS firmware) . SGI O2 Workstation A computer workstation, often colloquially referred to as workstation, is a high-end general-purpose microcomputer designed to be used by one person at a time and which offers higher performance than normally found in a personal computer, especially with respect to graphics, processing power and the... Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering company in the American computer industry. ... Compaq was a personal computer company founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto. ... The Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly known as HP, is a very large, global company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. ... DEC Alpha AXP 21064 Microprocessor The DEC Alpha, also known as the Alpha AXP, is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor originally developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corp. ... In computing, a 64-bit component is one in which data are processed or stored in 64-bit units (words). ... Microprocessors, including an Intel 80486DX2 and an Intel 80386. ... In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. ... Tru64 UNIX is HPs (formerly Compaq; formerly DEC) 64-bit Unix operating system for the DEC Alpha AXP platform. ... OpenVMS (Open Virtual Memory System or just VMS) is the name of a high-end computer server operating system that runs on the VAX and Alpha family of computers developed by Digital Equipment Corporation of Maynard, Massachusetts (now owned by Hewlett-Packard), and more recently on Hewlett-Packard systems built... Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. ...

Models

In approximate chronological order, the following AlphaStation models were produced:

Note 1: A variant of the 1200 was also sold as the Digital Ultimate Workstation 533au².

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

Other Alpha workstations produced by DEC include the DECpc AXP 150, the Alpha XL line, the Digital Personal Workstation a-series and au-series and the Multia VX40/41/42. A Multia computer and monitor The Multia, later re-branded the Universal Desktop Box, is a line of computer workstations produced by the Digital Equipment Corporation in the mid-1990s. ...

See also

• DEC 3000 AXP
• AlphaServer

AlphaServer was the name given to a series of server computers, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and latterly by Compaq and HP. As the name suggests, the AlphaServers were based on the DEC Alpha 64-bit microprocessor. ...

References

• HP AlphaStation range
• Compaq Alpha System and Model Code Names (at archive.org)
• FreeBSD/alpha 6.1 Hardware Notes
• Debian Alpha system types