These are the original specs (with changes/upgrades noted). The machine is a DEC (Compaq) Digital Personal Workstation 433 au, which was purchased "refurbished" without a monitor or keyboard:
 

• DEC (Compaq) Alpha 21164 433Mhz (96K internal, 2MB L3 Cache), upgradeable to 500 or 600Mhz
• 128MB RAM
• Adaptec AHA-2490UW SCSI controller
• 2.1GB Seagate SCSI hard drive
• Intergraph MSMT446 Powerstorm video adapter
• 12X CD-ROM
• EtherWorks Turbo PCI 10, 32-bit PCI bus NIC (integrated)
• 16-bit SB-compatible integrated sound
• 2, 64-bit PCI slots, 3 shared PCI/ISA slots
• Compaq MV900 19" monitor, .26mm dot pitch (1600x1280 non-interlaced) with JBL Pro attachable speakers (upgrade, shared)
• Mouse Systems 3-button PS/2 "wheel" mouse (upgrade)
• HP Officejet 520 color printer/scanner/copier/fax (refurbished, shared)
• Lasko "Breeze Machine" 8.5" fan (okay, so I have the cover off and am blowing cool air at the CPU and into the case - that seti processing works this thing hard!)

Wow.  What can I say?   Got myself the "Ferrari" of the computer world, although this machine is almost 4 years old.   Think about it.   This box was built with a 433Mhz CPU back when people were scrambling for and salivating over a Pentium 166.   And as a note, although it cost me US$1,199 refurbished, it had a list price of...   are you sitting down?   US$12,000.   'Nuff said.

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