18 Nov
1997
18 Nov
'97
4:20 a.m.
Okay... just a few more off topic questions (well, not about the old Alphas, which
is probably what this is going to be about) (1) Are old/new Motherboards
compatible (IE 300 Mhz now, 600 Mhz later) (2) Where on God's creation can I get
the parts???? (As for the OS, I'll probably take Linux, or NT, but I thought that
there was translation software for x86 written...)
Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Allison J Parent wrote:
<Speaking of Alpha's, is there any chance
that I can put my own together? A
<agree... it's just plain stupid, and I hate Intel anyway... kind of like in
Sure, you can buy them used for prices that aren't all that expensive
compared to late model 486 or early p5s. The older ones are now some 4-5
years old. The OS for it will cost you. You have three choices that I
know of, OpenVMS (my favorite), Digital Unix, or NT. I don't know that
anyone has done a UNIX port outside of digital.
Nope! There's Linux/Alpha. DEC gave Linus Torvalds an AV5 just to do the
port.