Re: FREE Alphas!!

[RAT <rthreet@cstonesystems.com>]

Yeah, it sounds like you'd need about $500 worth of add-ons to make it usable.
[So *that's* their angle!?]    :-)

I still use a Pentium 166 to run Linux at work.  The Alpha's are faster than that
[aren't they - 64 bit architecture and OS].  Of course, my new Voodoo 3 2000 has
breathed a lot of life into it.

Matthew MacCrimmon wrote:

> >The Linux Store [http://www.thelinuxstore.com] is giving away diskless Alphas
> >to a good home.  I bought a system from these guys [I'm using it now]. I think
> >they're okay.
>
> what additional hardware will it take to get one of these up and running?
> i assume a hard drive and ram -- anything else?  will it take a scsi hd?
> what kind of ram?
>
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