alphas and linux

[Alex Snow]

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Dec also made the vax which at one time was an extremely popular 
server.
On 
Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 08:40:06AM -0500, Tom and Esther Ward wrote:
> Hank, the Dec Alfa is a server made by digital. The same guys who first had
> the Dectalk.
> They are mainly for server work in Universities and large businesses.
> However, I have never had the pleasure of working on a Dec Alfa. Just Sun
> Spark servers.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hank smith" <hank at hanksmith.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: alphas and linux
> 
> 
> > alpha?
> > what kind of a computer is that?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> > To: "Speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 4:58 PM
> > Subject: alphas and linux
> >
> >
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> > > Hi all.
> > > I'm looking into getting a hold of an old alpha to put linux on.
> > > My question is is there a list somewhere of what models are supported by
> > > the kernel?
> > > The distro I plan on installing is debian, since my first choice
> > > slackware doesn't have a complete and current alpha port.
> > > Thanks in advance for any info.
> > >
> > > - --
> > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid
> > > back.
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