From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 20:38:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2DD1065670 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca) Received: from audba.admin.athabascau.ca (audba.admin.athabascau.ca [131.232.4.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B8898FC12 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:38:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca) Received: from local.admin.athabascau.ca by local.admin.athabascau.ca (PMDF V6.3-x3 #31462) id <01N3XN2E8HAE0000FR@local.admin.athabascau.ca> for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:53:36 -0700 Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:53:36 -0700 From: Richard Loken In-reply-to: Sender: richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca To: Matt Turner Message-id: Organization: Athabasca University MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Please-Resend: yes Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for Alpha-interested users and developers X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:38:50 -0000 On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Matt Turner wrote: > What I do know is that there is still Alpha hardware in use. Alpha > fans are still working in places to fix bugs and bring new software to > the platform. I have lots of Alpha hardware here but no Linux and no OpenBSD and it is all old: Alphaserver 4100 running OpenVMS 7.1 (my workstation) Whitebox DEC PC164 running FreeBSD 5.something (semi-retired) Whitebox DEC PC164 Whitebox UP2000 with a Samsung(?) motherboard DEC AXP150 running Tru64 Unix 4.0F At work I have: 2 Compaq Alphaserver DS20 running Tru64 Unix 5.1 Compaq Alphaserver DS25 running Tru64 Unix 5.1 Compaq Alphaserver ES45 running Tru64 Unix 5.0 All of these will remain in service for another one to three years and then I can take them all and create a lovely OpenVMS cluster. I have documentation and firmware for all the above which I would be like to make available to anybody who might find a use for it. -- Richard Loken VE6BSV, Unix System Administrator : "Anybody can be a father Athabasca University : but you have to earn Athabasca, Alberta Canada : the title of 'daddy'" ** richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca ** : - Lynn Johnston