Re: Alpha Build
Either would work. I have an Alpha Multia-166 that I use to play with -current on. As it has a TGA card, it's running via serial console. This machine feels like the equivalent of, say, a 50MHz 486. Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) I'd grab one with a normal graphics card, in your case. On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 04:00:29PM -0500, Scott Sipe wrote: Hi, I have a chance to pick up an Alpha machine which I would use for FreeBSD testing. 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? thanks much, Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Alpha Build
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:56:39AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: Either would work. I have an Alpha Multia-166 that I use to play with -current on. As it has a TGA card, it's running via serial console. This machine feels like the equivalent of, say, a 50MHz 486. Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) You will gain saint-like patience as a bonus.. ;) -- | / o / /_ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Alpha Build
Wilko Bulte wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:56:39AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) You will gain saint-like patience as a bonus.. ;) Remind me again of the value of saint-like patience, in the larger scheme of things... ;) -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Alpha Build
On 2002-03-26 12:00, Terry Lambert wrote: Wilko Bulte wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:56:39AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) You will gain saint-like patience as a bonus.. ;) Remind me again of the value of saint-like patience, in the larger scheme of things... It's the extra warmth and fuzziness one feels, as the horns on top of one's head start turning into a brilliant, blazing circle of light... at least this is what happens for i386 users. The Alpha users are less easy to turn into saints. They tend to twist and shout that's not a 64-bit wing, get it away from me when one tries to remove their devil horns and tail :))) Giorgos. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Re: Alpha Build
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 03:15:14AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2002-03-26 12:00, Terry Lambert wrote: Wilko Bulte wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:56:39AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) You will gain saint-like patience as a bonus.. ;) Remind me again of the value of saint-like patience, in the larger scheme of things... It's the extra warmth and fuzziness one feels, as the horns on top of one's head start turning into a brilliant, blazing circle of light... at least this is what happens for i386 users. The Alpha users are less easy to turn into saints. They tend to twist and shout that's not a 64-bit wing, get it away from me when one tries to remove their devil horns and tail :))) Right. And that is not evening mentioning those who want MI fine-grained wings :-P Hmm, come to think of it, saint-like is Not Done(TM) in their neighbourhood. -- | / o / /_ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands We are FreeBSD. Resistance is futile. Prepare to be committed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
Alpha Build
Hi, I have a chance to pick up an Alpha machine which I would use for FreeBSD testing. 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? thanks much, Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-current in the body of the message
