DECstation 5000/260 specific notes

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This is the top of the line of Mips-based DEC workstations. Quite rare, since it appeared in 1992, when it was already clear that DEC would drop their Mips line in favour of Alpha.
I got it via an eBay auction, at a decent price (with regard to its rarety). It came with an original DEC monitor and stuff, so I had to pick it up directly from the seller, A.Abel, in the city of Dresden, which is a four hours drive from where I live. Nice guy, he and his girlfriend took their time to show us their historical hometown. So it was a well spent Sunday, in January 2007, short after winter storm "Kyrill" has devastated parts of Germany, and still a chilly wind was blowing.

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DECstation 5000/260 front view DECstation 5000/260 inside DECstation 5000/260 rear view

Bootable CD-ROM

Boots from RRD40.
Last updated: 16-Nov-2008, M.Kraemer