Re: DEC Multia OS....any suggestions?

From: Charles Bradbury (cbradbury_at_uswest.net)
Date: 01/12/04 

Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:40:35 -0700

Does the Hobbyist version of Tru64 (the $99 version) have all the compilers and
utilities like Linux comes with? If not are there ones freely available for it?
I'm just concerned that if I do purchase Tru64 that I will be short-changed of
features that are included. Since I am a student and I would be using this for
research and personal use, I do qualify for the hobbyist license. Is this the
same as all the other versions they sell or is it a "basic" version? Thanks for
all the help.

Charles

Benjamin Gawert wrote:

> Charles Bradbury wrote:
>
> > I am hoping that someone in here can help me with a couple questions I
> > have. I acquired a DEC Multia some time ago and have yet to put it to
> > use. I am a full time student going into computer science and wanted
> > to play around with the 64 bit architecture. After milling over what
> > OS to use I started finding more options. I have a version of NT 4.0,
> > but I want to avoid that if all possible.
>
> Well, You want an 64Bit OS so NT isn't for You. Even on the Alpha NT is only
> a 32Bit OS...
>
> > I know there are versions
> > of Linux out there as well as FreeBSD. Tru64 (Digital Unix) would be
> > nice, but it's not freely available.
>
> But it's not expensive, and You get a "real" Enterprise-class Unix. And when
> looking around on a OS for my Alphas I got the feeling that the Linux
> versions are a bit dated, though. On the other side there's a lot available
> for Tru64, incl. OpenOffice ;-)
>
> Benjamin

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