[rescue] Appropriate OS for Alpha?

[Chris Petersen]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:12:48PM +0200, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> On 2002.07.23 14:54 Chris Petersen wrote:
> 
> [ZLXp-L3]
> > OpenVMS, however, does work *very* well with the ZLXp-Lx series of
> cards,
> > and still supports them last I checked.  At that point, I think it was
> > probably still the *best* card they supported...
> Hmm. Perhaps I should try to trade it with some of my OpenVMS using
> friends. It is a shame to not use this beast. If there where not this
> big pond and $$ for shipping...
> 

Keep in mind in only works in *first-generation* PCI Alphas, from what I've 
seen.  AlphaStation 200/400/600, maybe 255/500.  Don't know about servers...

> > Lack of support for the better PowerStorm 4d cards (4D50/51/60) was
> > always a sore point with me for VMS...
> The PowerStorm 4d cards are not supported by VMS? Uuuups. That is really
> bad. 

Up until OpenVMS 7.? (I think something like 7.2-3?), the *only*
framebuffers supported in workstations were:

ZLXp-E1 (TGA)
PowerStorm 3D30
PowerStorm 4D20

I guess in whatever recent release I'm trying to think of (say, within the 
last year or so), they've added some more mainstream 24-bit buffers that
make up for lack of the higher-end 4D cards.  Basically, none of the Wildcat
series buffers were supported...

Chris

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Chris Petersen			  E-mail: havoc at apk.net
Systems Engineer, ExperTeam Services, EDS PLM Solutions