One more bites the dust

[mike shlitz]

Hi,

I've followed this thread with interest, because I
have an old DEC Alpha (PC164LX) that was used as a RIP
Server (Raster Image Processing).  It has about 128 MB
of RAM, and is currently running Debian/Gnu "Woody". 
I obtained it from a friend who worked for a company
out on route 128, that was tossing it.  I became
acquainted with the Alpha and VAX back in college and
thought it would make a fun addition to the home
flock.  When I received it, it was running NT for
Alpha.  After some research, I found there wasn't much
available software for it and thought I'd tinker with
OpenVMS at some point.  I've considered adding more
RAM, but I'm not sure if it would be worth the
expense.  I think I downloaded and tried every Linux
port for Alpha, but the only one I could get to kick
over was Debian.  (Not that that's a bad thing...). 
They did tell me that the machine cost in the vicinity
of $40K when new!  At any rate, I'd be open to
suggestions as to what I can do to "enhance" my Alpha
experience.

Mike


		
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