I had one of those too, though I feel like I might have gotten it in 1995. I immediately put Linux on it and found that it was quite fast for some tasks where

I had one of those too, though I feel like I might have gotten it in 1995. I immediately put Linux on it and found that it was quite fast for some tasks where the open source software compiled well on Alpha. The biggest practical drawback for me was that Netscape wasn't available as an Alpha binary. Running it with the open source FX32 x86 emulator was too slow. It performed about as well as a Python-based browser at the time. I ended up using ethernet to run Netscape and other x86-focused software on a 486DX4-100 with remote X display back to the Alpha which had my nice monitor. I brought that Multia with me to my first job, and used it to do 64-bit portability work (on Linux) for an middleware/communication project that we were busy porting to many obscure 64-bit HPC platforms. It was fun to have a 64-bit Linux at home, long before x86_64 came onto the scene.