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ongoing hardware clearance..<BR>
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<BR> The hardware clearance is ongoing.<BR> In particular, with mixed feelings, my only<BR> HPPA/HP-UX/Linux machine is gone.<BR>
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<BR> On the other hand, last night I installed Linux/alpha<BR> and it can soon be in Hudson (albeit with a 9GB hard drive,<BR> which has proven challenging on Linux/sparc).<BR> This is the first I've had an Alpha locally up and running.<BR>
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<BR> I'm torn:<BR> keep the machine, running Linux<BR> Linux has the advantage of having Java across<BR> all architectures, so easily put into Hudson <BR> keep the machine, try NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD (6.4), VMS, Tru64.<BR> *BSD generally lack Java except on x86/AMD64.<BR> VMS would be nice to get working. It was on the machine originally.<BR> Tru64 probably redundant with Mika's machine, which we should<BR> try to get into Hudson.<BR> Get rid of the machine.<BR> I have 2 other Alphas, physically smaller, don't know yet if they work.<BR> Fourth Alpha already gone, not sure it worked.<BR>
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Machine is like:<BR> alphaev5<BR> 266MHz ?<BR> 256MB ?<BR> 9GB<BR> CD-ROM drive <BR> noticably slow but working ok <BR> no video out -- using serial console -- a fun <BR> rare little exercise :) (the other hand is <BR> easily implemented as Windows XP laptop running Hyperterm, <BR> using a USB to serial device, they run about $20; <BR> someday I might try a dedicated serial terminal device) <BR>
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Linux/sparc might be on the chopping block soon too.<BR> Someone to host that would be nice.<BR> Shipping outside the US is generally too expensive.<BR> The current Hudson node has no takers on ebay yet.<BR> <A href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120657135772">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120657135772</A><BR> I do have some other Sparcs I haven't used yet, might try them, or<BR> might get rid of them.<BR>
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- Jay<BR> </body>
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