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Re: VMS on ALPHA PC's

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From: Reece R. Pollack
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:32
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In article <1993Jan27.121405.27694@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) writes:
|>
|>It's obviously difficult for DEC to find the resources for the work.
|>Perhaps we out here could help them along a bit?  I for one would be
|>quite happy to write a driver or two in exchange for a bit of Alpha
|>hardware for my home (though I would also, of course, need oodles of
|>documentation, and so forth).
|>
|>This is not an idle offer - I _have_ written VMS drivers, though not
|>for some time, and not on Alpha.
|>
|>Somehow, however, I can't see it being taken up     :-(

I, too, would trade the effort required to write VMS drivers for Alpha PC
hardware in exchange for an Alpha PC. And I have written drivers for Alpha/VMS.

--
Reece R. Pollack
Senior Software Engineer
The Wollongong Group, Inc.
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