Original hardware for Alphaservers isn't hard to find. Locating a used server, however, does not change its pedigree. All of this iron is old, sometimes in ways that can surprise.
For example, on the OpenVMS newsgroup, a discussion is underway about thermal compounds. These are the adhesives used in creating CPU boards for servers.
Read more...
https://LegacyOS.org//the-case-of-the-crusty-alpha-cpu/