Alpha is the second studio album by Britishrock band Asia, released in 1983. It was certified Platinum in the United States, eventually selling close to two million copies.
Released one year before the departure of guitarist Steve Howe, Alpha was the last album with the band's original line-up until 2008's Phoenix, after the original members reunited in 2006, and the last album with Howe until Aqua in 1992.
Writing and recording
Alpha is dominated by the songwriting tandem of John Wetton and Geoff Downes. All the tracks on the album are written by Wetton/Downes, except for "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes", by Wetton only. Steve Howe, guitarist and a key songwriting contributor on the debut album, was left out due to reasons not entirely clear. His only songwriting credit was for "Lyin' to Yourself" (Wetton/Howe), the B-side of the single "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes".
The Alpha 21064 is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation that implemented the Alpha (introduced as the Alpha AXP) instruction set architecture (ISA). It was introduced as the DECchip 21064 before it was renamed in 1994. The 21064 is also known by its code name, EV4. It was announced in February 1992 with volume availability in September 1992. The 21064 was the first commercial implementation of the Alpha ISA, and the first microprocessor from Digital to be available commercially. It was succeeded by a derivative, the Alpha 21064A in October 1993.
History
The first Alpha processor was a test chip codenamed EV3. This test chip was fabricated using Digital's 1.0-micrometre (µm) CMOS-3 process. The test chip lacked a floating point unit and only had 1KBcaches. The test chip was used to confirm the operation of the aggressive circuit design techniques. The test chip, along with simulators and emulators, was also used to bring up firmware and the various operating systems that the company supported. The production chip, codenamed EV4, was fabricated using Digital's 0.75µm CMOS-4 process. Dirk Meyer and Edward McLellan were the micro-architects. Ed designed the issue logic while Dirk designed the other major blocks. Jim Montanaro led the circuit implementation. The EV3 was used in the Alpha Development Unit (ADU), a computer used by Digital to develop software for the Alpha platform before the availability of EV4 parts.
Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound, and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician, while someone working in the field of acoustical engineering may be called an acoustical engineer. An audio engineer, on the other hand is concerned with the recording, manipulation, mixing, and reproduction of sound.
"Flight" is a 1957 short story by Doris Lessing. It deals with an old man who is against his eighteen-year-old granddaughter getting married, bringing him into conflict with not only her and her fiance, but also his daughter, who was herself married even younger and whose other three daughters have already been married.
1409 (Meteorological) Flight was formed on 1 April 1943 to provide meteorological information for RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF. Equipped with unarmed de Havilland Mosquito aircraft, the crews of the Flight undertook long range meteorological reconnaissance flights until the end of the Second World War in Europe and continued in this role until 1946.
Formed at RAF Oakington as part of the disbandment of 521 Squadron, the Flight was part of No. 8 Group RAF, the Pathfinders. Flying as single aircraft the missions were codenamed PAMPA (Photorecce And Meteorological Photography Aircraft).
In January 1944 the Flight moved to RAF Wyton where it remained until July 1945 when it moved to RAF Upwood. In October 1945 the Flight was transferred to No. 47 Group RAF and partially re-equipped with Consolidated Liberator aircraft in addition to its Mosquitos at RAF Lyneham. The Flight was disbanded at Lyneham in May 1946.
During the war the Flight flew 1,364 operations for a loss of only 3 aircraft.
The hijackers breached the aircraft's cockpit and overpowered the flight crew approximately 46 minutes after takeoff. Ziad Jarrah, a trained pilot, took control of the aircraft and diverted it back toward the east coast of the United States in the direction of Washington, D.C. Although the specific target is not known, it is believed that the hijackers were intending to crash the plane into either the White House or the Capitol Building.
Alpha 21064, by Wikipedia https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2580460 / CC BY SA 3.0
#スーパースカラー・マイクロプロセッサ
#DECのマイクロプロセッサ
#ディジタル・イクイップメント・コーポレーション
21064マイクロプロセッサ 21064チップを埋め込んだ名刺 Alpha 21064は、ディジタル・イクイップメント・コーポレーション (DEC) が開発・製造したマイクロプロセッサであり、Alpha命令セットアーキテクチャ (ISA) を実装している。
当初 DECchip 21064 として登場し、1994年に改称された。
コード名 EV4 でも知られている。
1992年2月に発表され、1992年9月から量産出荷された。
Alpha ISA の最初の商用実装であり、DECが外部に広く販売した最初のマイクロプロセッサである。
1993年10月に派生品である Alpha 21064A に取って代わられた。
最初のAlphaプロセッサは評価用でコード名を EV3 といった。
この評価用チップはDECの 1.0μm CMOS-3 プロセスで製造された。
これにはFPUがなく、内蔵キャッシュも1KBだけだった。
積極的な回路設計技法がうまく機能するかを確認するための評価用チップである。
またシミュレータやエミュレータとあわせて、Alpha向けのファームウェアや各種オペレーティングシステムの開発にも使われた。
量産版の EV4 はDECの 0.75μm CMOS-4 プロセスで製造された。
マイクロアーキテクチャ設計はダーク・メイヤーとエドワード・マクレランである。
マクレランが命令発行部の論理設計を行い、メイヤーが他の大部分を設計した。
回路実装はジム・モンタナロが指揮した。
EV3 を使っ...
published: 25 Jan 2022
DEC Alpha
In the 90's the Alpha processor was one of the most powerful CPUs you could lay your hands on. With a number of operating systems available for it, from both DEC (VMS, Tru64) and 3rd parties. It even have the most successful none x86 port of Windows NT. For many the Alpha was then next machine up if their x86 PC just did not have the CPU power they needed.
BN: In the intro I say the PDP-11 is 8bit, its not its 16bit. That was a slip of the tongue, I even wrote 16bit in my script, is that what I said no, did I spot it after watching through the video many many times, no.
Information about Sixel https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).
0:00 - Introduction
0:14 - A word from our sponsor
0:23 - The background
1:30 - VAX
3:05 - VA...
published: 20 May 2022
DEC AXP Alpha CPU logo animation with Blender, 21064
Here I animated the old Alpha CPU logo from Digital Equipment Corporation with Blender (eevee). It is one of my first animation projects. The CPU you can see in the animation is the 21064 Alpha CPU. The DEC 3000 computers from Digital are equipped with these CPUs, for example.
Maybe a little too much neon ^^ but I think it looks ok.
published: 13 Aug 2019
Alpha Architecture, lecture by Richard L. Sites and Dirk Meyer
Alpha Architecture, a lecture by Richard L. Sites and Dirk Meyer. The video was recorded in April, 1992.
From University Video Communications' catalog:
"The Alpha architecture is a RISC architecture designed for high-performance and longevity. Sites and Meyer distinguish between the architecture as a paper document, describing the behavior of all Alpha implementations as seen by the machine-language programmer, and the various (chip) implementations. This talk highlights the architectural goals, distinctive features of the architecture, and some first implementation details of the Digital 21064 chip."
Lot number: X6636.2013
Catalog number: 102624691
published: 30 Aug 2016
Quake II performance on an DEC AlphaStation 255 300 with PowerStorm 4D60T graphics.
The Quake II performance you can expect form a PowerStorm 4D60T running in an DEC AlphaStation 255 300.
published: 24 May 2021
DEC Alpha AXP 21064
published: 19 Aug 2021
Installing Windows NT4 SP6 and other software on a DEC AlphaStation 255
This video shows the process of installing Windows NT4 SP6 and other software on a DEC AlphaStation 255.
published: 02 Jun 2019
AlphaServer 1000 Repair - Part 2
In this instalment, I resolve the hang during POST, fit a hard drive and install OpenVMS from a CD.
published: 12 Jul 2021
I got the AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard working & bought 2 DEC Multia's (new PC build plans!)
I got the AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard working & bought 2 DEC Multia's (new PC build plans!)
This video is sponsored by PCBway https://www.pcbway.com/
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In this video we get the AlphaPC 164LX working! All we needed was matched ECC memory :D
I test my 2 DEC Multia's!
And I show you my new build plans for a dual slot 2 Xeon
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Alpha 21064, by Wikipedia https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2580460 / CC BY SA 3.0
#スーパースカラー・マイクロプロセッサ
#DECのマイクロプロセッサ
#ディジタル・イクイップメント・コーポレーション
21064マイクロプロセッサ...
In the 90's the Alpha processor was one of the most powerful CPUs you could lay your hands on. With a number of operating systems available for it, from both DE...
In the 90's the Alpha processor was one of the most powerful CPUs you could lay your hands on. With a number of operating systems available for it, from both DEC (VMS, Tru64) and 3rd parties. It even have the most successful none x86 port of Windows NT. For many the Alpha was then next machine up if their x86 PC just did not have the CPU power they needed.
BN: In the intro I say the PDP-11 is 8bit, its not its 16bit. That was a slip of the tongue, I even wrote 16bit in my script, is that what I said no, did I spot it after watching through the video many many times, no.
Information about Sixel https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).
0:00 - Introduction
0:14 - A word from our sponsor
0:23 - The background
1:30 - VAX
3:05 - VAX Cluster
4:05 - Terminals
5:32 - ReGIS & Sixel (the best thing most people don't know about terminals)
6:51 - Cisc/Risc
7:40 - Prism
9:51 - Riscy VAX
10:38 - Alpha
11:18 - Alpha Personal Workstation 500 Tour
16:03 - VMS on Alpha
16:34 - Tru64 on Alpha
17:21 - Trouble at mill
18:39 - Infamy infamy they've all got it in for me
20:19 - The state of the market
21:04 - Compaq buys DEC (but Alpha grows market share)
26:14 - The demise of Compaq
26:53 - End of the road for Alpha
28:13 - What did DEC ever do for us ?
29:56 - Thanks for watching
In the 90's the Alpha processor was one of the most powerful CPUs you could lay your hands on. With a number of operating systems available for it, from both DEC (VMS, Tru64) and 3rd parties. It even have the most successful none x86 port of Windows NT. For many the Alpha was then next machine up if their x86 PC just did not have the CPU power they needed.
BN: In the intro I say the PDP-11 is 8bit, its not its 16bit. That was a slip of the tongue, I even wrote 16bit in my script, is that what I said no, did I spot it after watching through the video many many times, no.
Information about Sixel https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).
0:00 - Introduction
0:14 - A word from our sponsor
0:23 - The background
1:30 - VAX
3:05 - VAX Cluster
4:05 - Terminals
5:32 - ReGIS & Sixel (the best thing most people don't know about terminals)
6:51 - Cisc/Risc
7:40 - Prism
9:51 - Riscy VAX
10:38 - Alpha
11:18 - Alpha Personal Workstation 500 Tour
16:03 - VMS on Alpha
16:34 - Tru64 on Alpha
17:21 - Trouble at mill
18:39 - Infamy infamy they've all got it in for me
20:19 - The state of the market
21:04 - Compaq buys DEC (but Alpha grows market share)
26:14 - The demise of Compaq
26:53 - End of the road for Alpha
28:13 - What did DEC ever do for us ?
29:56 - Thanks for watching
Here I animated the old Alpha CPU logo from Digital Equipment Corporation with Blender (eevee). It is one of my first animation projects. The CPU you can see in...
Here I animated the old Alpha CPU logo from Digital Equipment Corporation with Blender (eevee). It is one of my first animation projects. The CPU you can see in the animation is the 21064 Alpha CPU. The DEC 3000 computers from Digital are equipped with these CPUs, for example.
Maybe a little too much neon ^^ but I think it looks ok.
Here I animated the old Alpha CPU logo from Digital Equipment Corporation with Blender (eevee). It is one of my first animation projects. The CPU you can see in the animation is the 21064 Alpha CPU. The DEC 3000 computers from Digital are equipped with these CPUs, for example.
Maybe a little too much neon ^^ but I think it looks ok.
Alpha Architecture, a lecture by Richard L. Sites and Dirk Meyer. The video was recorded in April, 1992.
From University Video Communications' catalog:
"The A...
Alpha Architecture, a lecture by Richard L. Sites and Dirk Meyer. The video was recorded in April, 1992.
From University Video Communications' catalog:
"The Alpha architecture is a RISC architecture designed for high-performance and longevity. Sites and Meyer distinguish between the architecture as a paper document, describing the behavior of all Alpha implementations as seen by the machine-language programmer, and the various (chip) implementations. This talk highlights the architectural goals, distinctive features of the architecture, and some first implementation details of the Digital 21064 chip."
Lot number: X6636.2013
Catalog number: 102624691
Alpha Architecture, a lecture by Richard L. Sites and Dirk Meyer. The video was recorded in April, 1992.
From University Video Communications' catalog:
"The Alpha architecture is a RISC architecture designed for high-performance and longevity. Sites and Meyer distinguish between the architecture as a paper document, describing the behavior of all Alpha implementations as seen by the machine-language programmer, and the various (chip) implementations. This talk highlights the architectural goals, distinctive features of the architecture, and some first implementation details of the Digital 21064 chip."
Lot number: X6636.2013
Catalog number: 102624691
I got the AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard working & bought 2 DEC Multia's (new PC build plans!)
This video is sponsored by PCBway https://www.pcbway.com/
If you want...
I got the AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard working & bought 2 DEC Multia's (new PC build plans!)
This video is sponsored by PCBway https://www.pcbway.com/
If you want your circuit board design realised and printed, You should check out https://www.pcbway.com/ Starting Prices as low as 5$ for a 1 or 2 layer design
Place your order now!!
In this video we get the AlphaPC 164LX working! All we needed was matched ECC memory :D
I test my 2 DEC Multia's!
And I show you my new build plans for a dual slot 2 Xeon
I started a Discord server it only cost 1$ each month to join! So go to my Patreon to support me each month! https://www.patreon.com/retromachines
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I got the AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard working & bought 2 DEC Multia's (new PC build plans!)
This video is sponsored by PCBway https://www.pcbway.com/
If you want your circuit board design realised and printed, You should check out https://www.pcbway.com/ Starting Prices as low as 5$ for a 1 or 2 layer design
Place your order now!!
In this video we get the AlphaPC 164LX working! All we needed was matched ECC memory :D
I test my 2 DEC Multia's!
And I show you my new build plans for a dual slot 2 Xeon
I started a Discord server it only cost 1$ each month to join! So go to my Patreon to support me each month! https://www.patreon.com/retromachines
Big thanks to my Patreon supporters you are awesome!
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In the 90's the Alpha processor was one of the most powerful CPUs you could lay your hands on. With a number of operating systems available for it, from both DEC (VMS, Tru64) and 3rd parties. It even have the most successful none x86 port of Windows NT. For many the Alpha was then next machine up if their x86 PC just did not have the CPU power they needed.
BN: In the intro I say the PDP-11 is 8bit, its not its 16bit. That was a slip of the tongue, I even wrote 16bit in my script, is that what I said no, did I spot it after watching through the video many many times, no.
Information about Sixel https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).
0:00 - Introduction
0:14 - A word from our sponsor
0:23 - The background
1:30 - VAX
3:05 - VAX Cluster
4:05 - Terminals
5:32 - ReGIS & Sixel (the best thing most people don't know about terminals)
6:51 - Cisc/Risc
7:40 - Prism
9:51 - Riscy VAX
10:38 - Alpha
11:18 - Alpha Personal Workstation 500 Tour
16:03 - VMS on Alpha
16:34 - Tru64 on Alpha
17:21 - Trouble at mill
18:39 - Infamy infamy they've all got it in for me
20:19 - The state of the market
21:04 - Compaq buys DEC (but Alpha grows market share)
26:14 - The demise of Compaq
26:53 - End of the road for Alpha
28:13 - What did DEC ever do for us ?
29:56 - Thanks for watching
Here I animated the old Alpha CPU logo from Digital Equipment Corporation with Blender (eevee). It is one of my first animation projects. The CPU you can see in the animation is the 21064 Alpha CPU. The DEC 3000 computers from Digital are equipped with these CPUs, for example.
Maybe a little too much neon ^^ but I think it looks ok.
Alpha Architecture, a lecture by Richard L. Sites and Dirk Meyer. The video was recorded in April, 1992.
From University Video Communications' catalog:
"The Alpha architecture is a RISC architecture designed for high-performance and longevity. Sites and Meyer distinguish between the architecture as a paper document, describing the behavior of all Alpha implementations as seen by the machine-language programmer, and the various (chip) implementations. This talk highlights the architectural goals, distinctive features of the architecture, and some first implementation details of the Digital 21064 chip."
Lot number: X6636.2013
Catalog number: 102624691
I got the AlphaPC 164LX Motherboard working & bought 2 DEC Multia's (new PC build plans!)
This video is sponsored by PCBway https://www.pcbway.com/
If you want your circuit board design realised and printed, You should check out https://www.pcbway.com/ Starting Prices as low as 5$ for a 1 or 2 layer design
Place your order now!!
In this video we get the AlphaPC 164LX working! All we needed was matched ECC memory :D
I test my 2 DEC Multia's!
And I show you my new build plans for a dual slot 2 Xeon
I started a Discord server it only cost 1$ each month to join! So go to my Patreon to support me each month! https://www.patreon.com/retromachines
Big thanks to my Patreon supporters you are awesome!
Buy Short Patch Cables US: https://amzn.to/3bAMGwI EU: https://amzn.to/2P7jwxK
IFIXIT tool kit: US: https://amzn.to/39x26RY EU: https://amzn.to/2XCkhQx
Hazet 810/6 Screwdriver Set 6 Piece US: https://amzn.to/3a275tQ EU: https://amzn.to/2Y7J5A5
Subscribe to my 3 channels:
RetroMachines: http://youtube.com/victorbart
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Alpha is the second studio album by Britishrock band Asia, released in 1983. It was certified Platinum in the United States, eventually selling close to two million copies.
Released one year before the departure of guitarist Steve Howe, Alpha was the last album with the band's original line-up until 2008's Phoenix, after the original members reunited in 2006, and the last album with Howe until Aqua in 1992.
Writing and recording
Alpha is dominated by the songwriting tandem of John Wetton and Geoff Downes. All the tracks on the album are written by Wetton/Downes, except for "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes", by Wetton only. Steve Howe, guitarist and a key songwriting contributor on the debut album, was left out due to reasons not entirely clear. His only songwriting credit was for "Lyin' to Yourself" (Wetton/Howe), the B-side of the single "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes".
When the debts arrive The sun is gonna burst in the sky Around the fire light Unaware we’ll send up the last night And the air on the outside Won’t ever pay for All the air on the other side That we never asked for If the world was in flight What did you wait for? If the world isn’t gonna end… CHORUS When the debts arrive How many won’t side When the debts arrive You are the first light All you’ll ever write Is the past was no more than our lives Blinded by the light, Unaware you’ll send up the last night And the air on the outside Won’t ever pay for All the air on the other side That we never asked for If the world was in flight What did you wait for? If the world isn’t gonna end… CHORUS When the debts arrive How many won’t side When the debts arrive