[cumbria_lug] DEC Legacy Event, April 17th-18th 2010, Windermere

[stig-clug at spodbox.org]

Mark Wickens wrote:
> Hey LUG subscribers,
>
> It's been very quiet lately - hopefully that means you've all managed to
> upgrade to 9.10 without a hitch ;)
>
> This email is just to let you know that I'm organising an event in
> Windermere next year that hopefully should be of interest to some of
> you. It'll involve a lot of DEC hardware (both old DEC kit, middling
> Compaq kit and new HP kit!) and although it doesn't directly relate to
> Linux I'm hoping that there will be some focus on the development of
> Unix and the part that DEC had to play. I'll be demonstrating my Itanium
> ZX6000 workstation running Debian, and if there's interest we could look
> at Linux on Alpha hardware such as the DS10L (which is a very capable 1U
> rackmount alpha server that can be picked up for peanuts).
>
> If you know anyone else who might be interested please let them know.
> There will be the obligatory drinks on Saturday evening and possibly a
> walk on Sunday. Would be good to finally meet some of you.
>
> Regards, Mark

I upgraded without a hitch, but then its on a server box so cuts down on
the complications.

oooh - old DEC kit.  (Checks spare room.....   down to 2 Alpha Multia
UDB now, I gave the PWS 433a to mono.org as they needed a new server)
I can fire one up and see if it still works with Debian on it, although
these days I think they're both probably dead.

DP