From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Installing Plan9 on a DEC Alpha Workstation Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:58:26 -0500 From: john@csplan9.rit.edu In-Reply-To: <47B37209.1030503@xware.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 52f9bc66-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 :-) >=20 > 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 t= o=20 > check again). >=20 > I probably have enough to give at least one to everybody active on=20 > 9fans. (I'm not kidding). >=20 > I have to get rid of them too. >=20 > E-mail me off-list if you're interested to negotiate transport/pickup. >=20 > I will also make it clear that I don't have time to pre-test to weed ou= t=20 > broken units or to run around chasing couriers, so only if you're=20 > serious, thanks. >=20 > - Chris. Yes, people, please take them and work on the port... my AlphaStation 250 is lonely only running VMS. John