It is at least possible to find the RAM you mentioned: http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.asp?rid=fd_10&itemid=1438949855
sale price 165.23... have fun with that. At the risk of opening Pandora's box..... why are you spending so much time on Alpha stuff? -wes On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Michael Robinson <plu...@robinson-west.com > wrote: > Well, I got CentOS 4.3 to install on my PC164 Alpha system, but > with only 64 megs of ram I don't think I can run X. I'm trying > a reinstall right now after I dropped in a D-Link ISA network > card in plug and play mode ( had to use a freedos PC to set > the nic up that way ). > > Some questions I have: > > Can SRM console and ARC console be installed to the > motherboard at the same time? > > Can the arc command under SRM console be redirected to a FAT > partition on a local hard drive instead of the disk drive? > > Does anyone know if X doesn't support the Matrox Millenium > II graphics adapter well? > > Why when I run Xorg -configure do I totally lose control > of the system? > > I might have to try Debian Lenny for Alpha again. Problem is, > Debian doesn't seem to recognize the DVD writer. I wonder if > using low density cable when the USB cage used high density > cable is a problem? > > This system uses 72 pin simms that have to be ECC type I believe. > I'm wondering if it's even possible to pick up 64 meg FPM 70 ns > 72 pin simms anymore? With 8 of these, I'd have enough memory > probably. On the other hand, I spotted a PC164LX that takes > 4 ECC PC100 DIMMS with the 533 mhz processor. > > I'm wanting to get a 2.6 kernel based Linux system running on > my Alpha with X, but I'm not too keen on doing hardware > upgrades to get there. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug