From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <47B37209.1030503@xware.cx> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:41:13 +1100 From: Chris Collins User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation References: <9f3897940802131313p5d98c535tcd539fd734146b71@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9f3897940802131313p5d98c535tcd539fd734146b71@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 52efe6f0-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Pawe=C5=82 Lasek wrote: > Unfortunately my time for working on Alpha port is really limited and > my AS is in need of parts (It's really hard to get parity FP simms > these day, at least here, and 48 MB is not enough). And also my main > priority is to get a newer VMS installed on it, so Plan9 will need to > wait even more. >=20 > An interesting thing to try for porting might be DS10, for which > someone has been writing an emulator - It would be nice to show a > working Plan9 network composed of only Alphas one day :-) I have AlphaStations in Sydney, Australia which are free to good homes.=20 A pile of AS200s and a very big pile of AS255s (I think - I'll have to=20 check again). I probably have enough to give at least one to everybody active on=20 9fans. (I'm not kidding). I have to get rid of them too. E-mail me off-list if you're interested to negotiate transport/pickup. I will also make it clear that I don't have time to pre-test to weed out=20 broken units or to run around chasing couriers, so only if you're=20 serious, thanks. - Chris.