Why ? I wiped out my DEC-Unix installation in favor of Debian/Alpha. I then purchased Compaq FORTRAN and I have everything I need. It is much easier to maintain and is consistent with my other Debian/Intel machines.
Unless you like the CDE GUI that comes with it... On Monday 04 June 2001 09:02 am, Rob Byrnes wrote: > Hi all, > > Fiddling with my new PWS500au, I thought that I was having a problem ... I > wanted to see what version of SRM it had, so I set the OS type to Tru64 in > AlphaBIOS and power-cycled. I get the blue SRM screen with a flashing > cursor in the top left corner, but thats as far as it gets. Doesn't seem > to want to accept any keyboard input either (tried set console graphics ... > nothing, as well as set os_type nt ... same result). > > BUT ... I hooked up a serial cable and what comes up? An install of > Tru64! I think I'll have to figure a way of having two hard drives in this > box, it would be a shame to wipe a copy of Tru64. > > Cheers, beers and elephants ears, > Rob -- James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home
