Re: Will RH Linux run on this box

[Michael Engel <engel numerik math uni-siegen de>]

Hi,

> The correct product name is DEC 3000, as you know already it is the
> first Alpha system, but this is pre-PCI days, therefore the logical
> choice of a workstation class buss that Digital had in those days was
> the Turbochannel...
> 
> Here's a picture of a deskside pedestal unit. Is this the one you're
> talking about?

There were at least three different cases for the DEC 3000 series. The
3000/300 models are desktop workstations with cases identical to the 
Personal DECstations. The higher-numbered models (3000/[45678]00) came in
larger desktop and deskside cases.

> And yes NT does _NOT_ run on it! And sadly Linux does not _CURRENTLY_
> run on it! But the good news is there is an active Linux port in
> progress by a group in Germany ;-), these are the folks who was involved
> in the MIPS port of Linux, but I lost the URL...

Hmmm, I'll assume you're talking about me (if there's someone else 
working on this, please let me know !). The URL for our DECstation
porting efforts is http://decstation.unix-ag.org, some of the information
is also interesting for owners of TurboChannel Alphas. I'm still working
on updating the relevant portion of the MIPS Linux FAQ on lena.fnet.fr
... and waiting for the arrival of my 164SX board for faster compiling ...

My biggest problem at the moment is lack of documentation on the SRM console. 
My 3000/300X starts booting aboot but crashes due to an uninitialised stack
pointer or simply hangs (depends on firmware version). This is also a -
still unresolved - problem with recent firmware (> 1.7) on the Jensen 
AXPpc150's ...
 
Does anyone have a copy of the Alpha Architecture Reference (_not_ the
handbook, I already have that - and there's obviously no online version of
the Reference :-() that he/she could loan me ? I'm afraid ordering the book 
here in Germany will take months (and it costs UKP 45 - ouch !) ...

> (if you're listening, could you please update the list on your
> progress..apparently there're quite a number of people who _OWNS_ a
> DEC3000 and wants to run Linux, TIA)

Yeah, I know. I even got a call last week from a guy in our physics 
dept. who wants to convert some of their 3000/300LX Alphas from VMS to
Linux ...

regards,
	Michael
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