10GB in that Alpha server seems like a massive amount of memory at the time. But DEC claimed capability of up to 28GB. An 8400 configured the way they had it was probably a half a million dollars, not including the disks of course.
You can see how far behind Intel hardware was at the time - the quad-CPU Pentium Pro boxes only had 256MB of memory! Sure, that was only a $40k box from Compaq...
Fun fact: At the time, Quake engine licensees were buying 4-way Alpha and Intel servers to do the level processing for first person shooters.
You can see how far behind Intel hardware was at the time - the quad-CPU Pentium Pro boxes only had 256MB of memory! Sure, that was only a $40k box from Compaq...
Fun fact: At the time, Quake engine licensees were buying 4-way Alpha and Intel servers to do the level processing for first person shooters.