Hank, the Dec Alfa is a server made by digital. The same guys who first had the Dectalk. They are mainly for server work in Universities and large businesses. However, I have never had the pleasure of working on a Dec Alfa. Just Sun Spark servers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "hank smith" <hank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:42 PM Subject: Re: alphas and linux > alpha? > what kind of a computer is that? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net> > To: "Speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 4:58 PM > Subject: alphas and linux > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi all. > > I'm looking into getting a hold of an old alpha to put linux on. > > My question is is there a list somewhere of what models are supported by > > the kernel? > > The distro I plan on installing is debian, since my first choice > > slackware doesn't have a complete and current alpha port. > > Thanks in advance for any info. > > > > - -- > > Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid > > back. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFAX4ux9XVrM3ri110RAny6AJ9+ZlQ2KAPIgQZa4F3mOOgKc0HolACfR+7x > > 2HJmZOevYPdSYkywqfcRNik= > > =19sK > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >