Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:22:36 +0100 From: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best freBDS 64bit version or fork for ~2001-2002 DEC Aplha? Message-ID: <CAKYr3zwzgw-rzUEcJUn_zDUv6s=94QApdq_iEmcR1jgnMfHhmw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160316130716.c10d580e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CA%2BHm=ZCJEJHE249G96yZJnTmkUxK0Ey5ZWZc8Py5gZLabuXJzA@mail.gmail.com> <20160316120940.da515c86.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160316113721.cc9fbf4ee4f1e9d930178cdc@sohara.org> <20160316130716.c10d580e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:37:21 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:09:40 +0100 > > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:55:16 +1100, Chris Hope wrote: > > > > As pre-purchase research I'm looking to buy a $500-800(AUD) DEC Alpha > > > > 64bit home desktop workstation circa 1998-2001. > > > > > > > > What is the latest kernel 64bit either internal project or > recommended > > > > fork that supports it (with KDE/Gnome 1 or similar UI). > > > > > > I'd say that the current production release FreeBSD/ia64 10.2 > > > > ia64 is Itanium, that's not going to run on an Alpha. > > Sorry... not compatible with Alpha 64 bit? My mistake... as you > can see, I'm out of "non-x86 country" for a long time so I can't > even properly recognize the most common architecture names... :-( > > > > > > Otherwise, check out FreeBSD/alpha, but keen in mind this > > > branch has been discontinued: > > > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/platforms/alpha.html > > > > That should do - but it is ancient, ports are likely to be > > troublesome. > > This will only work with older versions of KDE or Gnome (of the > requested time period, 10 years ago) as they are in the source > repository for that FreeBSD version and the corresponding ports > infrastructure. Binary packages are probably still available, > but (as well) only for that older system version. > > > > > NetBSD may be a better option. > > Yes, NetBSD support is probably much better - both the OS and > the applications are current. > > http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/alpha/ > > NetBSD/alpha 7.0 sure is worth trying. > another good candidate for Alpha is OpenVMS hobbyist, or well... linux... sorry guys... had to say it. I remember those good old Alpha/FreeBSD days well. > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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