From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 16664 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2020 04:34:12 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 Sep 2020 04:34:12 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CEECF9CC1D; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:34:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E209CC0C; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:33:42 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="RSw3yhXc"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id ED0D39CB46; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:33:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-f174.google.com (mail-pg1-f174.google.com [209.85.215.174]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80A189CB09 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:33:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-f174.google.com with SMTP id s65so4663121pgb.0 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:33:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lhn3m8bT4lWT3HBKU81l6ACx2yuLjI05CuzSMe1uVOs=; b=RSw3yhXcKJKUoiBNPMC6GML+TDVYmIQLS7Bxg/nsnyuHxhYGqWNEbyZM2e1k356gxu QQis2DTNExl4jqxC+hpIwtVqZFMzrD1Zj/75Tk70j/TcP57/7/+4lzXbojo6JXGe2iQG MJ5+y81PyIToGiGJosNo//RSg8f1LUM7D86XWUJchiDCeit4Zzt0wU3Vayt6m16MhP6R UEhqM4M106eoqU01AC7nxnndsljE+uvy9NAOLXvMas1D8u8STyD7uXQGMeaqCrE7BPgi f2r8YX60gPCGk6MTU7guuQXKNPeo+zpxrm/1LCtdvGe9SVur3jNuX/Q3SwC7JDCPoKIb BJIA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=lhn3m8bT4lWT3HBKU81l6ACx2yuLjI05CuzSMe1uVOs=; b=K/rzEogaAmE+oBw0yhYqt9w/ieVjlUSs2k2RQysSnAprvlPzcmdSS6PKS8ADgJypLB loi61p9RymUV3ir6GEMnR7eVA92znmb9lfoWxqNhKt+DMO8N3bCJKixYg+7cFKoVZhc1 leXSFVO4WmREIJ2vWoPoXASNtD1IXOfEdpLldOI3uvlUBO/ZhZzrH/8LfwvJ3/35vkUa +I05QJl4xxGHzJWsAJHiW724yH5mvVxfEpxgpt9jhr2/6Lg5g7zEJcApXU53Kz6XqjmK Akod24ICAhESw3XMPeZtcInjcvGQXhc56Q5yB/5Rl+U3Q6HMW1qpoH17hH3NVb+jY+ab o6oQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5323zBwV5HsoDsf7t5g+e34gBWArsqLTd5QzmuO6F6FjoVFTfaMN BMZcfVLgzHFxjBr0Ulu1oj5MAe4EOTrHEw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy/TxczWYJxOnBrEwBQHEIGFAVE5Y6vdHbFunuv1UsxYjoSKCBH6cCuqcVI2rlLU1Uo5Axw/w== X-Received: by 2002:a62:1a95:0:b029:13c:1611:6539 with SMTP id a143-20020a621a950000b029013c16116539mr34232839pfa.11.1600490018650; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:33:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.26] (157-131-108-81.fiber.dynamic.sonic.net. [157.131.108.81]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a12sm4600140pgm.79.2020.09.18.21.33.38 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:33:38 -0700 (PDT) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: From: Jon Forrest Message-ID: <58699dd0-5477-2fe4-5435-ccadeebed821@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:33:38 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.2.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Unix on DEC AlphaServer 4000 X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 9/18/2020 8:26 PM, Paul Riley wrote: > I have an opportunity to buy a DEC AlphaServer. Is there a version of > Unix which will run on this? Absolutely! The CS Dept. at UC Berkeley got some of the first Alphas released by DEC back in the 90s (I don't remember the exact dates). We ran OSF/1 (a.k.a. Digital Unix, a.k.a other names). In fact, what became PostgreSQL was developed on Alphas running that Unix. Jon