Re: Alpha Build

2002-03-26 Thread Michael Lucas
Either would work. I have an Alpha Multia-166 that I use to play with -current on. As it has a TGA card, it's running via serial console. This machine feels like the equivalent of, say, a 50MHz 486. Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) I'd grab one with a

Re: Alpha Build

2002-03-26 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:56:39AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: Either would work. I have an Alpha Multia-166 that I use to play with -current on. As it has a TGA card, it's running via serial console. This machine feels like the equivalent of, say, a 50MHz 486. Each day, I try to build

Re: Alpha Build

2002-03-26 Thread Terry Lambert
Wilko Bulte wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:56:39AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) You will gain saint-like patience as a bonus.. ;) Remind me again of the value of saint-like patience, in the larger scheme of

Re: Alpha Build

2002-03-26 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-03-26 12:00, Terry Lambert wrote: Wilko Bulte wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:56:39AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) You will gain saint-like patience as a bonus.. ;) Remind me again of the value of

Re: Alpha Build

2002-03-26 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 03:15:14AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2002-03-26 12:00, Terry Lambert wrote: Wilko Bulte wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 07:56:39AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: Each day, I try to build -current. (Hey, it's good for a laugh. :-) You will gain

Alpha Build

2002-03-25 Thread Scott Sipe
Hi, I have a chance to pick up an Alpha machine which I would use for FreeBSD testing. There are 4 AlphaStation 600's from which I could pick, 2 of them have 'TGA graphics cards', 2 have normal graphics cards and can run X. Seeing as right now I know next to nothing about Alpha's, would it