24 Apr
2016
24 Apr
'16
2:38 p.m.
On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, Robert Jarratt wrote:
It's much different, being a TURBOchannel box, and the line is the only
one of the smaller Alphas not supported under Linux.
My grand plan was to get it going (based on Peter De Schrijver's patches
he once posted -- once as in "12 years ago"), along VAXstation 4000, with
Linux under unified TURBOchannel support. The latter part has since been
done and merged with the official code base, converting code previously
tightly coupled with DECstation 5000 support. It later proved functional
with the VAXstation, but the VAX port has never made it.
Various life distractions made me never complete this effort, but I still
hope to get there sometime, while hardware survives.
Reminds me to
revive my 3000/700, once I get the mechanical issues from
mishandling in shipping sorted out. I hope it hasn't rotted from disuse
-- it was alright, booted OSF/1 even, when I last powered it on ~10 years
ago.
I should have done it sooner. Having a physical
box I might be able to
help
even more, check things, etc. The only
difference is the clock rate I
believe.
From what I read the 3000 is a slightly earlier
generation, not sure how
close it will be. Sounds like a good idea to get it going
anyway. The thing
I am struggling with at the moment is getting sys$crmpsc_pfn_64 to work so I
can use C to test the NVRAM. I seem to have a problem with the service
writing back the address and length, but I don't yet know why.
That's beyond my abilities I'm afraid, can't help.
Maciej