From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 10:33:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE18816A40F for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:33:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rbyrnes@mailshack.com) Received: from karen.nerdshack.com (karen.nerdshack.com [209.235.105.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E76043CA4 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:32:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rbyrnes@mailshack.com) Received: from dispatchd.nerdshack.com (julie.nerdshack.com [209.235.105.21]) by karen.nerdshack.com (Postfix) with SMTP id C65D1C8438 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:10:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from cartman.mailshack.com (235.47.221.203.dsl.static.comindico.com.au [203.221.47.235]) by mail.nerdshack.com with ESMTP Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:10:38 -0600 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:10:53 +1100 To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org From: Rob B Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Message-Id: <20061219101038.C65D1C8438@karen.nerdshack.com> Subject: Fwd: Alpha Wiki X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:33:51 -0000 Just forwarding this on as part of the (dying) Alpha community.... cheers, Rob >From: "Mike Barnes" >To: axp-list@redhat.com > >Since all the cool kids have a Wiki these days ... > >http://alphacore.info/wiki/ > >I'm throwing this out as a last piece of thanks to the Alpha crew. I >haven't switched on my DS10 for months, ever since I picked up an awfully >cheap 64-bit Sempron system which I'm utterly astounded with, >performance-wise, considering how much I paid for it. > >The big roaring blue box just doesn't have a place in my life right now. I >guess I'm semi-retiring from Alpha development ... not that I've done much >in the last year anyway; although I will keep the domain registered, and >the sites up and hosted, by all means. > >The Wiki at least is a good solution to keep me from being solely >responsible for doing updates in a timely manner. :) > >My initial goal is to pull most of the good stuff out of the spam-riddled >Alpha Core Forums, and start from there. I'll put the entire thing under >the GFDL so we can poach from Wikipedia's AXP info as a base, but we'll >have the scope for things like giving each machine type its own article, >which will never happen there. > >This isn't intended as an Alpha Core specific thing, either. Other OS >pages are quite welcome. > >So, whether it lives and thrives, or just becomes another dusty and >neglected site on the net, it's there. It's staying there. If anyone feels >like playing, go for it.