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This is actually a complete system from Digital. It has both SCSI and IDE connections, ISA, 32-bit PCI, and 64-bit PCI inside. The machine also uses regular SDRAM strips on the motherboard- although you have to add them in pairs because of the extra-wide memory bus. The processor is of course a 64-bit Alpha unit. The machine is well laid out and has room for expansion inside.
Distribution: Red Hat 9.0/ Debian/ Solaris 9 (just trying out)
Posts: 27
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 9
Kernel (uname -r):
2.2.15-15mdk
Distribution:
Mandrake Linux
I had some trouble finding a distribution that would install on the Alpha machine. Debian says it will, but 80% through there were errors. FreeBSD (I know, not Linux) installed easily, and now Mandrake has installed easily. I'm still ironing out X though- it may be a video card issue, in which case any PCI video card will work in the machine (32-bit or 64-bit PCI).
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.16-1.2187 FC 5.6 AXP
Distribution:
(fedora red hat nash 5.0.32) alpha core 3.0
Issues are mainly related to drivers for video card and drivers for the network cards, however the drivers can be found on the CD's, and compiling from source.
I had to have all the CD's of the distribution to complete the installation.
Runs great, looks practically the same as Fedora 6 on the x86.
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