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From: Graham Allan <allan@physics.umn.edu>
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Subject: Re: Best freBDS 64bit version or fork for ~2001-2002 DEC Aplha?
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 01:07:16PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:37:21 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> > NetBSD may be a better option.
> 
> Yes, NetBSD support is probably much better - both the OS and
> the applications are current.
> 
> http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/alpha/
> 
> NetBSD/alpha 7.0 sure is worth trying.

OpenBSD also still supports alpha, as far as I can tell.
http://www.openbsd.org/alpha.html

Graham