I have worked with both VAX and Alpha since 94 and have been an employee of Digital Equipment Coorp I think it is sad that the EV8 did not make it out of the lab.. it was an architecture that made a grown man cry..
I managed to get an Alpha when I left for another company and here is the bootlog =)
ea.e9.f4.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4.
Digital AlphaStation 500/266 Console V7.0-10
built on Mar 17 1999 at 19:01:03
CPU 0 booting
(boot dka0.0.0.9.0 -flags 0) block 0 of dka0.0.0.9.0 is a valid boot block reading 165 blocks from dka0.0.0.9.0 bootstrap code read in base = 156000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 14a00 initializing HWRPB at 2000 initializing page table at 148000 initializing machine state setting affinity to the primary CPU jumping to bootstrap code aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.7 aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.22 aboot: booting from device 'SCSI 0 9 0 0 0 0 0' aboot: valid disklabel found: 3 partitions. aboot: loading uncompressed vmlinuz... aboot: loading compressed vmlinuz... aboot: segment 0, 2824888 bytes at 0xfffffc0000310000 aboot: zero-filling 249560 bytes at fffffc00005c1ab8 aboot: starting kernel vmlinuz with arguments ro root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0 Linux version 2.2.18pre21 (root@faure) (gcc version 2.95.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Wed Nov 22 05:08:09 CST 2000 Booting GENERIC on Alcor variation Alcor using machine vector Alcor from SRM . . .
"Almost every mid to large sized company always has something that can't be recompiled."
Very true.
I worked at a large company which had only a binary left of a program.
Luckily it ran on VAX/VMS so we just ran vest and voila.. the thing ran on Alpha OpenVMS
Well. I think this is a free world.
We must be able to choose the tools we need.
May it be OpenSource or not. I choose the one that
best serves my needs.
Ok.. I am from Europe but should not a cell-phone
you need at work be handed to you at no charge?
My cell-phone (GSM) is free for me. The employer
says I need one and he gives me one for free.
The only thing I have to pay are my private calls.
.. they have any
network access at all from the development environment to the Internet.. it should be unplugged by default...
Well.. this shows that if you want a place to be secure you should not have physical access at all to the Internet from that place... Heck.. they should have two terminals one for the development systems and one for Internet access/mail etc..
If they have different locations where they develop code you can actually lease a separate line and not use for example vpn over the Internet.
I have worked with VAX/VMS but it was a while ago
... 5 years or so.
The Clustering in VMS/OpenVMS is superior to any
other OS I've seen so far.
I was employed by Digital/Compaq a couple of years
ago but I worked with Tru64 UNIX. Tru64 is a good
OS but it does not match VMS or OpenVMS in terms
of stability/reliability.
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A tribute to Alpha ..
.. it was an architecture that made a grown man cry ..
I have worked with both VAX and Alpha since 94 and have been an employee of Digital Equipment Coorp
I think it is sad that the EV8 did not make it out of the lab
I managed to get an Alpha when I left for another company and here is the bootlog =)
ea.e9.f4.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4.
Digital AlphaStation 500/266 Console V7.0-10
built on Mar 17 1999 at 19:01:03
CPU 0 booting
(boot dka0.0.0.9.0 -flags 0)
block 0 of dka0.0.0.9.0 is a valid boot block
reading 165 blocks from dka0.0.0.9.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 156000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 14a00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 148000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.7
aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.22
aboot: booting from device 'SCSI 0 9 0 0 0 0 0'
aboot: valid disklabel found: 3 partitions.
aboot: loading uncompressed vmlinuz...
aboot: loading compressed vmlinuz...
aboot: segment 0, 2824888 bytes at 0xfffffc0000310000
aboot: zero-filling 249560 bytes at fffffc00005c1ab8
aboot: starting kernel vmlinuz with arguments ro root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0
Linux version 2.2.18pre21 (root@faure) (gcc version 2.95.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Wed Nov 22 05:08:09 CST 2000
Booting GENERIC on Alcor variation Alcor using machine vector Alcor from SRM
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A friend of mine works there .. =)
It is like a swedish saying.
"Jag mötte Lassie"
Already got tickets for this movie =)
.. if I can't copy them from a friend or someone else with quality kept (vobs anyone =) )..
.. I really need another harddrive ..
Personally I buy the movies I think is good
Phew
I will now go and buy the Transgaming edition
of Mandrake. I hope it is cool.... =)
"Almost every mid to large sized company always has something that can't be recompiled."
.. the thing ran on Alpha OpenVMS
Very true.
I worked at a large company which had only a binary left of a program.
Luckily it ran on VAX/VMS so we just ran vest and voila
Well. I think this is a free world.
We must be able to choose the tools we need.
May it be OpenSource or not. I choose the one that
best serves my needs.
Now where is Pacman?? ... it was realeased over 20 years ago ...
I still play it
Ok .. I am from Europe but should not a cell-phone
you need at work be handed to you at no charge?
My cell-phone (GSM) is free for me. The employer says I need one and he gives me one for free. The only thing I have to pay are my private calls.
.. they have any network access at all from the development environment to the Internet .. it should be unplugged by default ...
.. this shows that if you want a place to be secure you should not have physical access at all to the Internet from that place... Heck .. they should have two terminals one for the development systems and one for Internet access/mail etc..
Well
If they have different locations where they develop code you can actually lease a separate line and not use for example vpn over the Internet.
I worked with the previous High End Alpha servers They were VERY fast...
:-)
Wonder how many Seti at home an hour this sucker swallows??
I have worked with VAX/VMS but it was a while ago
... 5 years or so.
.. rest in peace.
The Clustering in VMS/OpenVMS is superior to any
other OS I've seen so far.
I was employed by Digital/Compaq a couple of years
ago but I worked with Tru64 UNIX. Tru64 is a good
OS but it does not match VMS or OpenVMS in terms
of stability/reliability.
I will miss the VAX