I think the alpha is actually still made by hp (I saw a recent anouncement from them saying it was being discontinued). Or maybe that was just alpha versions of openvms? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 11:35 AM Subject: Re: Speakup kernels on Alpha > A 64-bit CPU , and an entire line of workstations and servers designed around the several versions of that cpu, produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). You may have heard of this company's speech synthesizers?? <sly grin> > > nick G writes: > > In It's day, what was Alpha? > > Thanks, > > Nick > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 8:22 AM > > Subject: Re: Speakup kernels on Alpha > > > > > > > Yeah, it really is rather cool to have one of these monsters spitting up > > their bios to a Braille Lite. And you really don't need a video card either. > > My machine doesn't have a video card--Speakup just references the dummy > > video driver. > > > > > > If you know Debian better, then stick with it. I believe Debian packages > > for Alpha are more up to date. The last Red Hat release for Alpha is 7.2, > > though there is some movement for porting Fedora. > > > > > > It's old hardware, though, and finding parts can be challenging. > > > > > > Alex Snow writes: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm also looking to aquire an old alpha (the au series has caught my > > > > attention recently). What's the best distro one should run on these > > > > machines? I know debian supports alpha and I think redhat/fedora do, but > > > > which of those two would be the easiest to get up and running? I'm > > thinking > > > > debian because I already have a fair amount of experience with that > > distro. > > > > > > > > One of the reasons I'm going for the alpha (other then being cool and > > > > 64-bit) is the accessibility of it's hardware settings. This is the same > > > > with my microvax (which doesn't even have a graphics card in it) and I > > kind > > > > of like being able to modify bios settings without sited help. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
