<s>
The	O
line	O
is	O
notable	O
in	O
that	O
units	O
were	O
offered	O
with	O
either	O
an	O
Alpha	B-Device
AXP	I-Device
or	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Pentium	I-General_Concept
processor	O
as	O
the	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
most	O
hardware	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
backplane	B-Architecture
and	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
were	O
interchangeable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
Alpha	B-Device
and	O
Intel	O
versions	O
were	O
intended	O
to	O
run	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alpha	B-Device
Multias	O
included	O
either	O
an	O
Alpha	B-General_Concept
21066	I-General_Concept
or	O
Alpha	B-General_Concept
21066A	I-General_Concept
microprocessor	O
running	O
at	O
166MHz	O
or	O
233MHz	O
respectively	O
,	O
and	O
came	O
with	O
16	O
or	O
24	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
as	O
standard	O
(	O
expandable	O
to	O
128	O
MB	O
officially	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
practice	O
256	O
MB	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
21066	O
was	O
a	O
budget	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Alpha	B-General_Concept
21064	I-General_Concept
processor	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
a	O
narrower	O
(	O
64-bit	O
versus	O
128-bit	O
)	O
and	O
slower	O
bus	O
and	O
thus	O
performance	O
was	O
roughly	O
equivalent	O
to	O
a	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
running	O
at	O
100MHz	O
for	O
integer	O
operations	O
,	O
but	O
superior	O
in	O
floating-point	O
;	O
furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
RAM	B-Architecture
capacity	O
was	O
a	O
severe	O
restriction	O
on	O
the	O
performance	O
of	O
these	O
workstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alpha-based	O
Multias	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
TGA	O
(	O
DEC	O
21030	O
)	O
graphics	B-Device
adapter	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standard	O
peripherals	O
on	O
both	O
Alpha	B-Device
and	O
Intel	O
models	O
included	O
a	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
host	O
adapter	O
,	O
DEC	O
21040	O
Ethernet	O
controller	O
,	O
two	O
PCMCIA	B-Architecture
slots	O
,	O
two	O
RS-232	O
ports	O
,	O
a	O
bi-directional	O
parallel	B-Device
port	I-Device
,	O
a	O
2.5	O
in	O
or	O
3.5	O
in	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
or	O
ATA	B-Protocol
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
(	O
340	O
MB	O
to	O
1.6	O
GB	O
)	O
,	O
PS/2	B-Protocol
keyboard	I-Protocol
and	O
mouse	O
ports	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
PCI	B-Protocol
slot	I-Protocol
(	O
on	O
models	O
with	O
2.5-inch	O
hard	B-Device
disks	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpha	B-Device
Multia	O
(	O
codenamed	O
QuickSilver	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Digital	O
began	O
offering	O
the	O
Alpha	B-Device
Multia	O
without	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
and	O
renamed	O
the	O
line	O
the	O
"	O
Universal	O
Desktop	O
Box	O
"	O
(	O
nicknamed	O
"	O
UDB	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Multia	O
or	O
UDB	O
can	O
run	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
for	O
Alpha	B-Device
through	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
Service	O
Pack	O
6	O
(	O
although	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
never	O
officially	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Alpha	B-Device
platform	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
Beta	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
in	O
fact	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Multia	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
NetBSD	B-Device
are	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Multia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
both	O
Digital	B-Operating_System
UNIX	I-Operating_System
and	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Multia	O
(	O
with	O
certain	O
limitations	O
)	O
,	O
although	O
initially	O
such	O
operating	O
systems	O
were	O
disabled	O
from	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
budget	O
Multia	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alpha-based	O
Multia	O
came	O
configured	O
with	O
the	O
ARC	B-Device
firmware	B-Application
console	O
for	O
running	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
,	O
although	O
SRM	B-General_Concept
was	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
