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goanuj
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 Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2002 4:59 pm Post subject: gentoo on alpha |
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where can one even pick up an alpha????
I am working at a Math Dept and the prof was very interesetd in running some simulations using LINUX, but on an Alpha architecture. |
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rojaro
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well, as far as i know, samsung is still producing alphas, and for sure you can get some machines from ebay.com ... i even read something about samsung is about to release a new alpha-cpu and a new dual alpha board ...
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pjp
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I was very disappointed when Compaq bought DEC... like there was any question that the Alpha was going to be discontinued. I am surprised they didn't kill it sooner though.
I remember going to a computer show... saw an Aplpha system running linux... *drool*
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rojaro
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just checked the samsung electronics site again and it seems they also terminated their development on the alphas ... damn :(
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wwoods
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Microway claims to still sell Alpha workstations and servers. HP is also still selling Alphastations under the Compaq brand: http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/workstations.html
In fact, they (I guess I should say "We" as an HP employee) advertise the ES45 as being "Linux-Ready" - a lot of effort was spent making sure Linux runs, and runs well, on this machine.
Hope that helps.. |
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jtnye
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| Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2002 5:03 pm Post subject: Just picked up an Alpha from eBay. |
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Complete system minus monitor and mouse/keyboard.
It's a 164LX board with a 21164 533MHz Alpha, 256MB RAM, SCSI hard drive, NIC, etc.
All for $234.01 shipped to my door. =) |
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Superdog
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| Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2002 10:35 am Post subject: University... |
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My university had some real old ones in the physics department. (They had 8 - 10 new ones as well, but wouldn't give them to me...  )
So my advice would be to ask at your physics dept (Got one ?), they really needed those machines some years ago !
If you can't find any, I guess you could ask someone in here for an account to calculate some stuff. If I ever get my alpha workin', it won't do too much for me... |
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pjp
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*snaps fingers* A shame they aren't displaying the prices on the web. Sun has a $9M server listed.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: gentoo on alpha |
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| goanuj wrote: | where can one even pick up an alpha????
I am working at a Math Dept and the prof was very interesetd in running some simulations using LINUX, but on an Alpha architecture. |
Okay, late reply but I'll do it anyway. I've got five DEC Alphas R3300, 500 Mhz, 1 gb ram, 2 x 10 gb scsi and 2 x 100 mb nics. Since I don't need all of them, at least two of them are for sale. Problem is that they're heavy and hard to transport but is anyone dying for an Alpha-processor I'd probarly be able to fix things. 
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