[Cialug] Old^H^H^H Ancient Hardware

Morris Dovey mrdovey at iedu.com
Tue Oct 14 17:11:14 CDT 2008


Josh More wrote:
> So, we've got a DEC Alpha 4100 that just lost it's CPU fan.
> 
> 1) Would anyone on this list happen to have a 12-49995-01 kicking
> around?
> 
> 2) Would anyone on this list happen to have a processor card or three
> that are compatible with the Alpha 4100?
> 
> 3) Would anyone on this list happen to have an old VAX or Alpha laying
> about doing nothing buy causing your spouse/SO to complain every time
> they see it?
> 
> 4) Would anyone on this list care to prove these guys wrong (
> http://64.223.189.234/node/640 ) by virtualizing OpenVMS in VMWare
> or Xen?
> 
> 5) Would anyone on this list like to make fun of me for making this
> request shortly after extolling the virtues of legacy gaming systems on
> Linux?  :)

I have an Alpha in the shop that probably could fill at least some of 
your needs.

-- 
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/



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