5 Feb
2002
5 Feb
'02
9:40 p.m.
At 09:21 AM 6/02/2002 +0100, William S. wrote:
What is your opinion of the DS10 Alpha as an entry
level
current "production" machine. I was thinking that my
next acquisition might be something more contemporary.
I found an interesting reference to one here:
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/Resources/Computing/halley.html
... which got me interested.
Nice box although I think they are a little overpriced (but this is
probably due to the cost of the alpha chip more than anything else). Choice
of at least three operating systems (OpenVMS, Tru64 and Linux). Wouldn't
surprise me if one of the BSDs ran too. Inbuilt ethernet and unless I'm
mistaken, IDE disks can be used if you want to save a few dollars.
Had one to play with a couple of years ago and installed Linux. Was the
fastest Linux box I'd played with at the time (have since used even faster
alpha systems).
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au
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