Hi, I've been searching myself an inexpensive Alpha machine and think I found one. I'd like to use it for development on Linux, perhaps doing something on XFree as I'm a developer. Now before I buy this thing, I'd like to know a few things. - does Linux support this machine? It seems it should, using the Rawhide option, but both Redhat 6.1 and Debian 2.1 don't seem to have boot disks for it. - do normal PCI-cards work, if the drivers are done right (like softbooting graphic cards with x86 emulator etc.)? - is SMP supported if I get another processor? - any other things I should be aware? The investment is not too big, but I'd rather not waste my money on something I just can't use. Running OpenVMS isn't actually what I had in mind... :) // Jarno
