[NTLUG:Discuss] Thinking ALPHA

[Juliet Blosser]

On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 09:25:35AM -0500, Steve Baker wrote:
> "Carter B. Bennett" wrote:
> > 
> > I have an opportunity to purchase an ALPHA box to run Linux on. I have
> > never had any experience with a ALPHA processor before, what do I need to
> > know before purchasing this box. I am looking at the screamers from
> > Microway. Will Linux look and feel the same as on an Intel box, and is
> > programming/development much different? This is kind of scarry for me but I
> > understand the ALPHA is about as fast as it get's.
> 
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> 
> Unfortunately, the person I was corresponding with over those errors
> got somewhat upset about the number of errors in my code and stopped
> feeding me new bug reports.  Since I don't have access to an Alpha,
> I was unable to find out whether it ever eventually worked.
> 
Both of you may want to check out:
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/09/24/201232.shtml

This is an article about Compaq letting folks test-drive linux and
unix on Compaq hardware, including Alphas.  I haven't tried it
myself, but it looks like it could be helpful to you.