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Digital Equipment Corporation: Digital OEM Products
410 Concord Road
Rhodes, NSW 2138
$BEEOC!'(B 2-561-5406
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 2-561-5777
$BC4Ev Allan Homulos
Cetus Technology: 36 Bouvardia St
Asquith
$BEEOC!'(B +61 2 9482 1566
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B +61 2 9482 3781
$BC4Ev Leonard Chan
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B www.cetustech.com.au

7.2 $B%*!<%9%H%j%"!J9qHV9f!'(B43$B!K(B

EDV-Beratung DREYER
Hintnausdorf 14
A-9300 St. Veit/Glan
$BEEOC!'(B 4212-90555-0
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 4212-90555-555
$B7HBSEEOC!'(B 664-2038200
$B35MW!'(B Sells various Alpha systems/boards.
$BC4Ev wdr@quant-x.com
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B www.quant-x.com

7.3 $B%+%J%@!J9qHV9f!'(B1$B!K(B

Hard Data Ltd.
11060 - 166 Avenue,
Edmonton, AB T5X 1Y3
$BEEOC!'(B (403) 456-1510
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (403) 456-1510 or 457-1338
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B Maurice Hilarius
$B35MW!'(B DEC Technical OEM and business partner. Motherboards, Parts, and complete systems in various configurations are available. This Digital TOEM in Canada is both Linux friendly, and willing to sell to end-users.

7.4 $B%U%#%s%i%s%I!J9qHV9f!'(B358$B!K(B

Damicon Kraa
Tekniikantie 17B
02150 Espoo
$BEEOC!'(B 9 437 5557
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B damicon@damicon.fi
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B www.damicon.fi/
$BC4Ev Mikko Siren

PSS-Trade Ltd Oy
Kauppanelio 4
60120 Seinajoki
$BEEOC!'(B 6 420 2000
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 6 420 2001
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B alphasales@pss.fi
$BC4Ev Mr. Jukka Peltola
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B http://www.pss.fi/
$B35MW!'(B PSS-Trade is a OEM partner of Aspen Systems Inc. and is reselling both Aspen and Digital boards and systems (brand Citum) to Skandinavia. Pre-installed Linux / DEC Unix / Win NT systems available.

7.5 $B%U%i%s%9!J9qHV9f!'(B33$B!K(B

Digital Equipment France
TOEM (C&P BU)
5, rue de la renaissance
92187 Antony Cedex
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 69 87 13 26
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33-1 69 87 57 17
main: 33-1 69 87 51 11
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B Francois Potard
$BC4Ev Francois POTARD

Alcove
12 place Indira Ghandi
92230 Gennevilliers
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 47 33 82 84
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33-1 47 33 76 98
$BC4Ev Mr Lucien Petit
$B35MW!'(B Sells enterprise servers, LINUX only.
URL: www.alcove.fr

METROLOGIE
Tour d'Asnieres
4, avenue Laurent Cely
92606 Asnieres Cedex
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 40 80 90 00
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33-1 40 86 04 85
$BC4Ev Mr Jean-Claude BACH
$B35MW!'(B Master reseller, sells both boards and systems.

LUCCA
37, Route de Versailles - Champlan
91163 Longjumeau Cedex
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 64 54 07 35
$BC4Ev Mr Giorgio FLORI
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards.

E.S.C.
8, avenue de l'Isle Saint Martin
92737 NANTERRE Cedex
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 69 85 31 00
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33-1 69 85 58 21
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B devins@escdirect.fr
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B www.escdirect.fr
$BC4Ev Philippe DEVINS
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards and systems.

DialEcrans
70, rue Maurice Ripoche
75014 Paris
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 45 43 56 26
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33-1 45 43 17 78
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B dialec@dialup.francenet.fr
$BC4Ev Philippe DEGOY
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards.

Newtek
8, rue de l'Esterel
SILIC 583
94663 Rungis Cedex
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 46 87 22 00
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33-1 46 87 60 49
$BC4Ev Mr Roger MOCAER
$B35MW!'(B Distributor for "Digital Semiconductor". Sells Alpha AXP Microprocessors and Evaluation boards.

Some integrators who resell complete solutions using the AXPpci33 and AlphaPC64 SBCs:

A.G.M.D.
778, rue Labat
75018 Paris
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 42 52 01 01
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33-1 42 52 00 10
$BC4Ev Gilles Le Richom
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards and systems.

Concept Informatique
4, rue H. Lahuppe
06220 Golfe Juan
$BEEOC!'(B 33 93 63 15 55
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33 93 63 71 04
$BC4Ev Thomas AIME
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards and systems.

GETEK
113, rue Aristide Briand
91401 Orsay Cedex
$BEEOC!'(B 33-1 60 14 44 32
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 33-1 69 31 35 82
$BC4Ev Dan COSTOVICI
$B35MW!'(B Sells systems.

7.6 $B%I%$%D!J9qHV9f!'(B49$B!K(B

ixsoft
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B http://www.ixsoft.de
$B35MW!'(B Alpha-Systems (Linux preinstalled) and -components.

DELEKTRON Datensysteme GbR
Landwehrstraße 32b
80336 München
$BEEOC!'(B (089) 59 88 51
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B http://www.delektron.de
$B35MW!'(B Alpha-components

Quant-X
EDV-beratung DREYER (see the Austrian section) can also be reached in Germany.
$BEEOC!'(B +49-89-21939-181
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B +49-89-21939-182

RCH
Computer-Großhandel
Dieter Rimmler
Zussdorfer Straße 67
D-88271 Wilhelmsdorf
$BEEOC!'(B +49 7503 9300-0
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B +49 7503 930050

Schell Computersysteme
Zehntwiesenstraße 7
76275 Ettlingen
$BEEOC!'(B 07243-37700
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 07243-377039
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B mailto:sales@schell.de
$B35MW!'(B Alpha based components and complete systems based on Samsung boards.

Scholz Elektronik
Freischützstraße 94
D-81927 München
$BEEOC!'(B (089) 957-2430
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (089) 957-24333
$B35MW!'(B Scholz Elektronik is reselling both Aspen and Digital boards.

7.7 $B9a9A!J9qHV9f!'(B852$B!K(B

Genesis Systems Int'l ltd.
7/F., Honytex Building
22 Ashley Road, T. S. T. Kowloon, Hong Kong
$BEEOC!'(B +852 2815 0728
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B +852 2815 0729
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B http://www.genesis.com.hk/
E-mail mailto:info@genesis.com.hk
$B35MW!'(B Provides 21164SX and LX based Alpha Linux servers.

7.8 $B%$%?%j%"!J9qHV9f!'(B39$B!K(B

Avnet EMG
Via Novara 570
I-20153 Milano
$BEEOC!'(B (02) 381901
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (02) 3800 2988
$BC4Ev Mr. Bernardini
$B35MW!'(B Industrial Distributor for all Digital SBCs (single-board computers). Can sell Noname systems as well as other board-level products in small volumes.

Bergamo Jolly srl
Via Baertsch, 4
I-24100 Bergamo Bg
$BEEOC!'(B (035) 4124004
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (035) 4124528
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B www.jollybg.com/
$BC4Ev Roberto Perego
$B35MW!'(B Reseller for Digital boards, barebones and complete systems. Distributor for clone 21164 and 21264 systems.

Unidata Srl
Via S. Damaso 20
I-00165 Rome
$BC4Ev Paolo Bevilacqua
$BEEOC!'(B (06) 3938 7319
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (06) 3936 6949
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B www.unidata.it
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B info@unidata.it
$B35MW!'(B Unidata Srl is a business partner of DEC Italy. This means that they have all the DEC Alpha boards (Noname and newer) available, barebones or assembled in complete systems.

7.9 $BF|K\!J9qHV9f!'(B81$B!K(B

$B%U%m%s%F%#%"?@Be(B
$BEEOC!'(B 820-53-1358
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 820-52-5565
$B35MW!'(B Sells Noname systems running Windows NT.

7.10 $B%*%i%s%@!J9qHV9f!'(B31$B!K(B

ReQuest Automation Services b.v.
Postbus 182, 1400 AD Bussum
Energiestraat 23a
1411 AR Naarden
$BEEOC!'(B 035-6949441
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 035-6946202
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B www.request.nl $BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B sales@request.nl

7.11 $B%9%&%'!<%G%s!J9qHV9f!'(B46$B!K(B

Digital Equipment AB
Tommy Danielsson
Allen 6
172 89 Sundbyberg
$BEEOC!'(B 8-6297980 (direct) or 8-6298000 (operator)
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B Tommy Danielsson
x400: C=se;A=400net;P=digital;S=Danielsson;G=Tommy

Ericsson Components Distribution
164 81 Kista
$BEEOC!'(B +46 (0)8-757 53 44
$BC4Ev Jan Pettersson
$B35MW!'(B importer of digital hardware parts. Sells 164SX boards, 21164PC processors, Axxion DL-17 cases, etc.

Trade 4 Future
Gammelstadsv. 2
Gammelstadens Fabriker B:3
415 02 Gothenburg
$BEEOC!'(B +46 (0)31 84 17 50
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B +46 (0)31 84 72 40
$B35MW!'(B Sells 164SX boards, 21164PC processors, Axxion DL-17 cases, etc.

7.12 $B%9%$%9!J9qHV9f!'(B41$B!K(B

DEC Digital Equipment Corporation AG
überlandstrasse 1
Postfach
8600 Dübendorf
$BEEOC!'(B +1 801 21 11
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B +1 801 23 23
$BC4Ev Ivo Portmann

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Compusys Ltd
58 Edison Road
Rabans Lane Industrial Estate
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP19 3TE
$BEEOC!'(B 01296 505100
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 01296 24165
$BC4Ev Andy Pitt
$B35MW!'(B We are now able to offer systems based on a range of Alpha's from the 166MHz 21066 to the 266MHz 21164 system. Our core business is based on building finished CE marked systems to customer specifications.

Parsys Ltd
Boundary House
Boston Road
London
W7 2QE
$BEEOC!'(B 7000 PARSYS (727797)
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 181 579 8365
$BC4Ev sales@parsys.co.uk
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8!'(B http://www.parsys.com
$B35MW!'(B Workstations for Linux/NT/Digital UNIX using AXP 21164A 366/433/500 MHz processors. Clustered systems based on the above processors, message passing over 100 Mb/s Ethernet or switched interconnects at speeds up to 1.3Gb/s.

7.14 $B%"%a%j%+!J9qHV9f!'(B01$B!K(B

$B0J2<$N%j%9%H$O!"(BLinux/Alha $B$NF0:n$9$k%7%9%F%`$rCmJ8Bf?t$r8BDj$;$:$K(B $BHNGd$7!"$^$?!"%/%l%8%C%H%+!<%I!&>.@Z/$J$/$H$b(B "Linux" $B$H$$$&8@MU$rJ9$$$?$3$H$,$"$j!"$+$D(B Linux $B$GF0:n$9$k5!/$J$/$H$b(B 1 $B
$BHNGdE9$N>pJs$r(B maddog $B;a$X(B $BCN$i$;$k>l9g$K$O!"%5%V%8%'%/%H$r(B "YET ANOTHER GREAT VENDOR OF LINUX ALPHA SYSTEMS" $B$H$7$F%a!<%k$r=P$7$F2<$5$$!JK;$7$$(B maddog $B;a$NCm0U$r0z$/$h$&$K(B $BA4$FBgJ8;z$G!K!#$^$?!"%a!<%k$r=P$9:]$K$O!">e5-$N4p=`$rK~$?$9$3$H$r3NG'$7!"(B $B9XF~$7$?$H$-$N(B$BA4$F$N(B$B>pJs$rCN$i$;$F$/$@$5$$!#(B $B$=$&$9$l$P(B maddog $B;a$NIiC4$r7Z8:$G$-$k$G$7$g$&!#(B

Aspen Systems Inc.
4026 Youngfield St.
Wheat Ridge CO 80033
$BEEOC!'(B (303) 431-4606
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B randyp@aspsys.com
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.aspsys.com
$B35MW!'(B Aspen Systems Inc is a Digital OEM partner who engineers and manufactures motherboards based upon the 21064 and 21164 ALPHA processors. Linux is supported on multiple models currently.

AVNET
$BEEOC!'(B 1-800-426-7999
$B35MW!'(B AVNET sells boards and systems, both in small quantities and large quantities.

BTG
$BEEOC!'(B 1-800-449-4228, (703) 714-7204
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (703) 714-7204
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B jbell@btg.com
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.btg.com
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards and systems.

Carrera Computers, Inc.
23181 Verdugo Drive
Building 101
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
$BEEOC!'(B 1-800-576-RISC
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.carrera.com
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B carrera1@delphi.com
$B35MW!'(B Does not sell Noname boards, but does sell Cabriolet motherboards and complete systems.

DCG Computers
35 Otterson Rd.
Londonderry, NH 03053
$BEEOC!'(B (603) 421-1800
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (603) 421-0911
$BC4Ev Steven Gaudet
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.dcginc.com
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B Steven Gaudet
$B35MW!'(B Both motherboards and complete systems in various configurations are available.

Enorex Microsystems, Inc.
518-7 Old Post Road Suite #301
Edison, NJ 08817
$BEEOC!'(B (908) 1-764-5640
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (908) 1-764-5641
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.enorex.com
$B35MW!'(B The UltraPC line is reported to work with Linux/Alpha. Enorex sells systems with WNT only. If you don't want to go through the trouble of having to install Linux yourself, you might want to consider buying from a vendor that sells systems with Linux preinstalled.

International Technology Sales
500 North Cary-Algonquin Road
Cary, Illinois 60013-2083
$BEEOC!'(B (847) 639-0775
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (847) 639-0710
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.itsinfonet.com
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B its@itsinfonet.com
$B35MW!'(B DEC Technical OEM and business parter. Sells various Alpha boards and systems.

Lodgepole Technology, Inc.
10242 189th Court NE
Redmond, Wa. 98052
$BEEOC!'(B (206) 868-6889
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (206) 868-3753
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.lodgepole.com/
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards and systems.

Bushey Virtual Construction
951 S. Cypress St. Suite F
La Habra, Ca. 90631
$BEEOC!'(B (714) 447-3587
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (714) 447-1812
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.alpha-zone.com/
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B sales@bvc.net
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards and systems.

Nekotech
102 Tide Mill Rd Suite 6
Hampton, NH 03842-2705
$BEEOC!'(B 1-800-635-6895
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (603) 926-0301
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.alphapower.com
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards and systems.

Puget Sound Data Systems
$BEEOC!'(B (425) 488-0710
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B (425) 488-6414
$B%[!<%`%Z!<%8(B: http://www.psds.com
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B scott@psds.com
$B35MW!'(B Offers Digital Equipment full line of product and custom Alpha's based on Digital Semiconductor PC164 Motherboards and Digital Processors.

7.15 $BBfOQ!J9qHV9f!'(B886$B!K(B

Lumax International Corp. Ltd.
7th Fl, 52, Sec. 3
Nan-Kang Road
Taipei, Taiwan
$BEEOC!'(B 886-2-7883656 x.674
$B%U%!%C%/%9!'(B 886-2-7883568
$BC4Ev Felix Huang
$BEE;R%a!<%k!'(B departd@mailer.lumax.com.tw
$B35MW!'(B Sells boards: Noname, Cabrios, EB164, etc. Linux is not available pre-installed, but this is apparently something that is being worked on.

$B $BA0$N%Z!<%8(B $BL\