Re: Seeking AlphaServer 800 Operating System (was: Re: Greetings: New here...)

From: Hoff Hoffman (hoff_at_hp.nospam)
Date: 09/20/05 

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:58:08 GMT

In article <Z3_Xe.180217$wr.14814@clgrps12>, "GM" <logquality@hotmail.com> writes:

  Welcome.

:I am trying to hunt down a copy of Windows NT server or any other OS thats
:works.

  OpenVMS Alpha is available, and a free hobbyist license is available,
  as is a low-cost hobbyist CD distribution.

  http://www.openvmshobbyist.org/

  And information and pointers are available in the OpenVMS FAQ at:

  http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/faq/

:I have Windows 2003 server and Windows 2000 but these don't seem to support
:that Alpha machine.

  The Microsoft Windows port for Windows 2000 was never released as
  a product. The most recent Windows Alpha bits that were seen in
  the field were a beta version of Microsoft Windows 2000.

:Any suggestions would be appreciated, especially about the BIOS config and
:how to install the OS.

  OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX and Linux ports are all available for Alpha.

  Both OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX use the SRM console and -- if the box
  isn't already running SRM, information on finding the most recent
  console firmware and on switching from ARC/AlphaBIOS -- the Windows
  console firmware -- over to SRM are included in the OpenVMS FAQ.

  Manuals for OpenVMS, including an installation manual, are at:

  http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/doc/

  If you decide to load OpenVMS Alpha, the comp.os.vms newsgroup is
  a rather busy one, too. Traffic here is rather lower.

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    For additional, please see the OpenVMS FAQ -- www.hp.com/go/openvms/faq
 --------------------------- pure personal opinion ---------------------------
        Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman OpenVMS Engineering hoff[at]hp.com

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