Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:49:30 -0500 From: Scott Sipe <cscotts@mindspring.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha Build Message-ID: <200203252149.g2PLnUd39882@rahl.dorm.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020325224557.A776@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200203252124.g2PLOiw39838@rahl.dorm.duke.edu> <20020325224557.A776@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Monday 25 March 2002 16:45, you wrote: > On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:24:44PM -0500, Scott Sipe wrote: > > There are 4 AlphaStation 600's from which I could pick, 2 of them have > > 'TGA graphics cards', 2 have "normal" graphics cards and "can run X." > > Seeing as right now I know next to nothing about Alpha's, would it be > > better to pick one or the other, or, would one or the other be better for > > freeBSD testing? > > 'normal' graphics card is slightly non-descriptive I'm afraid ;) > > Can you get a SHOW CONF & SHOW DEV from all machines? Just hook up a serial > port of a PC (or terminal) to serial port #1 of the Allpha (9600N81) > and look for the >>> prompt before entering the command. > > SHOW CONF will give you all info on the box. CPU speed, memory, > expansion boards etc. SHOW DEVICES will give you the peripherals > > Wilko I really can't I don't think, unfortunately. These computers as I understand are sitting somewhere in a closet in my school's CS department. I'll see what I can do though. I'll probably try to take a look at them tomorrow or something. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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