From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 30 11:19: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from opus.cirr.com (opus.cirr.com [192.67.63.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3224F159D8 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:18:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eric@cirr.com) Received: from cirr.com (IDENT:eric@egsner.cirr.com [192.67.63.1]) by opus.cirr.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id NAA09563; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:18:41 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199911301918.NAA09563@opus.cirr.com> From: eric@cirr.com (Eric Schnoebelen) To: Bill Swingle Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [anderson@metrolink.com: Re: FreeBSD Motif for Alpha] In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:02:31 PST." <19991130110231.A48021@dub.net> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:18:39 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Bill Swingle writes: - I'm talking with the folks at MetroLink about possibly getting Motif for - FreeBSD/AXP finished as a product. Software2Go, LLC (http://www.apps2go.com) already has Motif 2.1 available for FreeBSD/AXP.. - They have an Alpha they're thinking - about using for production but they're not sure if we run on it. I'm - relativly clueeless about Alpha hardware. Can someone tell me if we run - on the machine detailed below or if I need more info to determine this? [snip] - $ cat /proc/cpuinfo - system type : EB64+ The EB64+ (aka, AlphaPC64) will run FreeBSD/AXP. However, they/you will need to purchase and install SRM for the board, and install a Symbios 53c810 SCSI host adapter to have a boot-able SCSI system. SRM for the EB64* systems are found on the Digital _Alpha EBSDK and Firmware Upgrade Kit_ (part number QR-21B02-03). This can be purchased from DEC Direct for about $75 and shipping and handling [Disclaimer: I do have an interest in Software2Go, LLC, as one of the principles.] -- Eric Schnoebelen eric@cirr.com http://www.cirr.com Shouldn't Windows be called Eunuchs? After all, it has all the appearances and none of the functionality... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message