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Re: alpha machines at debcamp / and No More Debian/Alpha?



Following up on both the original posting re debcamp
and last month's discussion of need for a new buildd
--

On 19 Mar 2005, at 10:44 am, Steve Langasek wrote: 
> The failed buildd is a Dual Alpha EV6 666MHz with
512MB RAM and 33GB of
> disk. Replacement buildds for alpha should be of
comparable or greater
> specs; escher, which is known to *not* be able to
keep up with the unstable
> package queue, is an SX164 533. 

So I infer that the AlphaServer 400 4/233's that are
easily available here at nearly no cost [*] are not
considered useful given the workload required of a
buildd, even if several were available?  

[*] Nearly free = US$80@, maybe less in quantity, with
OpenVMS loaded -- which is less than the case, memory,
power-supply and QIC2 tape are worth as salvage?

Bill 
n1vux@arrl.net / n1vux@yahoo.com
aka world!wdr or wdr@world.std.com for 10 years




		
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