too new for here, but seen this on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SEALED-HP-Hewlett-Packard-Alpha-Systems-Firmware-Update-v6-8-Software-6-8-/162353267718?hash=item25cd024406 -- “On the whole, professional pessimists prove right at the end if one does not hold them too tightly to a time scale.” (Erwin Chargaff, 1978, Heraclitean Fire)