[Hosting] free alpha box
Jon Carnes
hosting.a.t.trilug.org
Sun, 25 Nov 2001 10:13:34 -0500
Truely Awsome, Ed! And much better than the POS I've been trying to pawn
off on TriLUG. If you ship one here, then I'll install it as a news server
(plus whatever else Kevin wants on it).
8405 Rhodes Rd.
Apex, NC 27502
WaHoo!
Jon
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On Sunday 25 November 2001 07:13, Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 12:30:31AM -0700, Ed Hill spoke thusly:
> > A guy here in CO who subscribes to the CLUE (http://clue.denver.co.us/)
> > mailing list got his hands on over 30 older Alpha boxen and is willing
> > to part with them provided they go to a good cause. They are:
>
> *snip*
>
> > and I've got one (possibly two) ear-marked for TriLUG. If you want
> > them, I'll pay for shipping to NC. And yeah, I know you've already got
> > a much newer/faster alpha box but I bet they'd make a decent
> > ftp/http/cvs/??? server...
>
> Or a pretty good kerberos serveonm a private network to provide
> universal login to all the other boxes we want to have *grin*
>
> Given what I know of alphas, these are great boxes, and I *KNOW* we
> cna find a good home for them.
>
> > So ya want one or two? And if so, where should I ship it/them?
>
> Either my house (TriLUG c/o Me) or Inflow (TriLUG c/o Inflow). It'd
> probably be fater to ship it to me or Jon, so we can put an OS on it,
> then move it to inflow.
>
> Oh, and FWIW, I have a Cobalt RaQ, I'm just waiting on (a) permission to
> use it and (b) instructions on installing Linux on a headless,
> Floppyless, CD-less machine....
>
> Time to dig up my nullmodem cable...