Subject: Re: Alphas and their uses
From: Maurice Hilarius (maurice@harddata.com)
Date: Sun Sep 12 1999 - 21:09:46 PDT
With regards to your message at 04:43 PM 9/12/99 -0700, Kevin Brown. Where
you stated:
>I currently own 3 DEC Alpha Multias that are running RH6.0. One of them
>used to
>be used as a transparent firewall/proxy server, but with the conversion of our
>USWest DSL account from Bridging to PPP mode that box no longer has any
>purpose. Something that occured to me that I would like to do is to use these
>as a combination Applications server/network storage systems. I am trying to
>migrate the home network away from M$ apps (eg Microsoft Office) and begin
>using
>such products as StarOffice (now owned by Sun) or Applixware. The other boxes
>on the network run WindowsNT 4.0sp5 on Intel PII or PII Xeon processors. Is
>there a way to do this and if so what packages are needed/recommended to pull
>this off. I only have a basic understanding of Linux (eg I can get around
>and I
>have recompiled kernels, but I'm no expert/guru). Thanks for your time and
>suggestions.
Applix on Alpha is quite nice.
Best regards,
Maurice W. Hilarius Telephone: 01-780-456-9771
Hard Data Ltd. FAX: 01-780-456-9772
11060 - 166 Avenue email:maurice@harddata.com
Edmonton, AB, Canada http://www.harddata.com/
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