![[Really bad picture of the DEC Alpha XL 300]](./img/alphaxl300.jpg)
| MANUFACTURER | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| MODEL | Alpha XL 300 |
| YEAR OF INTRODUCTION | 1995 |
| MAIN PROCESSOR | 21164 (EV5) |
| BITS | 64 |
| CLOCK SPEED | 300 MHz |
| FLOATING POINT UNIT | integrated |
| MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT | integrated |
| CO-PROCESSOR | none |
| RAM | 96M |
| ROM | ? |
| OPERATING SYSTEM | Linux |
| HONOURABLE MENTION | Leon Martin |
This is a rather strange machine. This is what you'd get if an Alpha workstation and Windows PC had a drunken one night stand, had a quickie in the heat of the moment, only for the PC to get pregnant and the Alpha to wish it never happened.