On 05/07/11 15:15, Mark Benson wrote: I strongly suspect that's one reason I got my zx6000 so cheap. Itanium is about to become an ex-technology I suspect! Incidentally, if anyone comes across front, top and side covers and the steel pedestal stand for a zx6000 I need them. ZX6000 were primarily Windows server workstations - they didn't ever really fit a defined niche as far as I can tell. I bought mine about 4 years ago for GBP 500 which was as much as I was prepared to pay at the time. They are going now for around GBP 100 depending on the configuration. Mine was maxed out with memory and came with drives, so I guess that's worth something. Luckily they still run OpenVMS, otherwise your options are very limited - various linux flavours sort of work, but I believe gentoo is the only one still currently being maintained. I know the hardware is not the greatest, but it's a shame it hasn't been better supported, given that it is a true 64 bit architecture. But then, what do I know... I just love anything that is different or esoteric - which firmly makes me *not* the man in the street. Mark.