A 175 MHz Alpha processor is nothing to sneeze at. That is probably every bit as fast as a P2 350. If you can get linux to run on that machine, then it should make a very nice addition to your network cluster. Rick Meeker -----Original Message----- From: owner-kclug@illiana.net [mailto:owner-kclug@illiana.net]On Behalf Of Leonard Thomas Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 3:54 PM To: kclug@kclug.org Subject: Re: kclug - linux on a alpha Tony Hammitt wrote: > > It depends on the architecture of the machine. If it uses a TurboChannel > bus, your best bet is NetBSD. If it's a PCI bus, Linux may work. Is this > a 3000/300, or just a 300X? What color is it? > It's a 3000/300 - Beige/green color scheme if I recall correctly. It is older and only has the 175 MHz chip in it, though I was not looking at it for pure number crunching. > You will, of course, have to check out: > > comp.os.linux.alpha > http://www.alphalinux.org > http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools/index.html > http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/alpha/6.2/index.html >From what I gathered from above it appears the some flavor of BSD might work, since its the turbochannel architecture, not PCI. So since I don't have all that much time to waste on it I will probably pass on the system. Len Thomas > > I have RH6.2 images downloaded already, plus the current Compaq compiler > set (but you should register and download that yourself, just to increase > their hit count) > > Feel free to contact me off-group. I'm the resident Alpha dude. > > Regards, > > Tony Hammitt > > "Thomas, Leonard" wrote: > > > > I have the oppurtunity to get an old DEC Alpha 300X workstation. It currently > > is running VMS, but I would like to convert it over to Linux if possible. > > We have been toying with the idea of a Linux cluster here and I thought > > this might be a reasonable machine to put in the cluster. It also has a nice > > big > > monitor that would be nice for some of our other applications. > > My question is is it feasible to install Linux on this machine and if so > > is it worth it. The price of the machine is free. > > > > Len Thomas > > > -- Leonard M. Thomas Ph.D. Phone (816)235-2571 University of Missouri - Kansas City Fax (816)235-1503 School of Biological Sciences email thomasle@umkc.edu 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110