[HECnet] integrity and alpha hardware

[Lance Payne]

Yep - that's an API CS20 in different clothes.  I'm still looking for one...  Tru64 is a fantastic OS.

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From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 12:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [HECnet] RE: integrity and alpha hardware

On 9/7/20 12:05 AM, Tim Sneddon wrote:
>      > Yepp, this is how it looks...
>      >  >https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/gethtml.aspx?docname=c04282845
>      >
>      > Any hack to run VMS on it?
> 
>         All you need is to run the correct PALcode, right?  How tough would
>     that be?  I know some of the low-end systems had insufficient flash
>     space for other-than-NT PALcode, but I doubt that's an issue with a
>     higher-end system like this.
> 
> That's just a tiny bit of an over-simplification. :-)

   Apparently.  I had assumed it was a DEC/Compaq design, which would've made it much more likely that they'd have used reasonable chipsets and such.

              -Dave

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