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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 15865 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2020 04:27:12 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 19 Sep 2020 04:27:12 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id ED83A9CC20; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:27:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E4A9CB6E; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:26:32 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=utah.edu header.i=@utah.edu header.b="EdXSWkOs"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D66F79CB3A; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:26:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: from ipo8.cc.utah.edu (ipo8.cc.utah.edu [155.97.144.47]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF2329CB09 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2020 14:26:26 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=utah.edu; i=@utah.edu; q=dns/txt; s=UniversityOfUtah; t=1600489587; x=1632025587; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id; bh=+PzjYr2L6MFtr4Zw1Rg/EiF5T6SvyJlID3wvFig4B/0=; b=EdXSWkOsrd4KPixLPc6lM2NSk2y8xu1WqcdquriI227GuKsY49CksyCW K1toFkA32sNZ+B92xq9W5k5fxullAeK0UrEFYiFG+MwI5fRlrPo+9c4v0 WKyASsK2K08iiYVfKopLI8pcCLjulEw9q3+wFlPJMzn5WaFZgkLpK74dq kVWDwe2iYE+CHTbrPDwpYqQkoPwXCCcZNk13ZNb+BQmh/exU3UnblRlph e7fOIoz3deCh1/ozO/91k7XXudaaXbrLIpBgQIpOLRW8AzHX08bA29ylT UUHmJrMcgRK7UDT2uph7FnEw4hX9l1AltM66j8VboWEnoCg9ysRncF2uO A==; IronPort-SDR: h4GCkMPxllYcaJHgNuxyBVbUEG58zxWfDldSeK1oNUMrnAWsHiKiip9Q9yF046KjLep1fhRFUw xzP3gHhsLNI9xK0+b+oB7wNJCijPgqsvDe2QglGy2o73Z53NuOrl9P0+OUVLgXKlVA9bZ6Uj7b s9+iVXLj6pUyAHtx41RBnhzlf4qJ8SpqiO2GXlGumi1bqPJTEENWNT/CNf4uRzZkxFuxTTye3b otEP5fkMsPAZqe91qMSLYGSSuGsrZcIBqEQ/2QuHrnMQIeDbLH4Fpt5Bsm6WVoLqufsRfDWyH6 K8c= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.77,277,1596520800"; d="scan'208";a="262928076" Received: from mail.math.utah.edu ([155.101.98.135]) by ipo8smtp.cc.utah.edu with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256; 18 Sep 2020 22:26:25 -0600 Received: from gamma.math.utah.edu (gamma.math.utah.edu [155.101.96.20]) by mail.math.utah.edu (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 08J4QK3Q005813; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 22:26:25 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gamma.math.utah.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gamma.math.utah.edu (8.15.1/8.15.1) with ESMTP id 08J4QKhp017742; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 22:26:20 -0600 Received: (from beebe@localhost) by gamma.math.utah.edu (8.15.1/8.15.1/Submit) id 08J4QKq1017741; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 22:26:20 -0600 Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 22:26:20 -0600 From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" To: Paul Riley , tuhs X-US-Mail: "Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB, University of Utah, 155 S 1400 E RM 233, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA" X-Telephone: +1 801 581 5254 X-FAX: +1 801 581 4148 X-URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.8 (mail.math.utah.edu [155.101.98.135]); Fri, 18 Sep 2020 22:26:25 -0600 (MDT) 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" >> I have an opportunity to buy a DEC AlphaServer. Is there a version of Unix >> which will run on this? There are several Debian Alpha ISO images available: http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-alpha https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/5.0.10/alpha/iso-cd https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2020-08-19/ https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/Platforms/Alpha https://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/ https://www.debian.org/releases/woody/alpha And Gentoo Linux: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Alpha/FAQ There is also NetBSD: https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.0/alpha And OpenBSD: http://www.openbsd.org/alpha.html And FreeBSD: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-alpha.html We ran DEC OSF/1 until the power supplies on our several Alpha systems died, but it had an annual license fee, and the O/S shutdown when the license expired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - - University of Utah FAX: +1 801 581 4148 - - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: beebe@math.utah.edu - - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe@acm.org beebe@computer.org - - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------