Re: AlphaLinux Binaries

[Robert Bowles <rbowles@op.net>]

On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 12:34:37AM -0700, Golda Velez wrote:
>
> Got it, thanks for sticking with!  Its now available for download at
> 
> 	ftp://webglimpse.net/pub/webglimpse/glimpse-4.1.1-alpha-bin.tar.gz
> 
> Is it ok if I credit you on the web page?  I can leave the e-mail off, so
> you would not be bothered too much...

(oops) Now that I think about it, you might want to rename it to
== "glimpse-4.1.1-alphalinux-bin.tar.gz".

Go ahead and stick my e-mail in.
1. If I hear about alpha-specific problems, it'll only save
	me problems in the long run. :)
2. I get several hundred e-mails a day,	what's a few more?

> 
> --G
> 
> 
> At 12:31 AM 3/24/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 11:44:12AM -0700, Golda Velez wrote:
> >>
> >> >If you can resolve this, I'd be glad to:
> >> >- try again
> >> >- upload to 'ftp://webglimpse.net' (which has anonymous ftp)
> >> 
> >> Sure, if you have no problem uploading to webglimpse.net that's fine - but
> >> its the same box as tucson.com ;-)
> >
> >Okay, I tried to upload to 'ftp://webglimpse.net/incoming'
> >(transcript follows)
> >-- ftp> put glimpse-4.1.1-alpha-bin.tar.gz
> >-- local: glimpse-4.1.1-alpha-bin.tar.gz remote:
> glimpse-4.1.1-alpha-bin.tar.gz
> >-- 200 PORT command successful.
> >-- 553 glimpse-4.1.1-alpha-bin.tar.gz: Permission denied.
> >-- ftp> ls
> >
> >I'm uploading it now to
> >"http://www.op.net/~rbowles/glimpse-4.1.1-alpha-bin.tar.gz"
> >There are no links to this, so presumably no-one will find it.
> >
> >Please try to grab it within the next few days and ack me.
> >as I'm already exceeding my ISP's storage limit. :)
> >
> >> 
> >> The problem might also be that we require reverse lookup, though then you
> >> wouldn't have gotton a login prompt.  So I'm not sure, I just tried it
> >> myself and it seems to work for me...
> >
> >You're probably using ip-based auth...
> >> 
> >> Thanks much, this will be really helpful as we don't have an alpha anywhere
> >> to compile on!
> >
> >Its a good investment.
> >For $300-$400 you can pick up an ancient low-end machine.
> >I've seen _tons_ of code break because of otherwise-gifted
> >programmers mis-typing (ignoring 64/32-bit type issues).
> >
> >As far as modern machines go, 533mhz-21164 boxes (~$2,000) easily
> >outperforms a PII-450. The new dual-21264's (~15,000) easily outperform
> >quad-sparc's. Comparisons of FP-specs aren't even fair...
> >> 
> >> --G
> >> 
> ><-- snip -->
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Golda Velez	     mailto:gberns@tucson.com	Ph. (520) 620-6878
> >> Internet WorkShop    http://tucson.com		FAX (520) 620-6841
> >> 
> >
> >-- 
> >void rbowles(int sig)
> >{
> >	signal(sig, rbowles);
> >	raise(sig);
> >}
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Golda Velez	     mailto:gberns@tucson.com	Ph. (520) 620-6878
> Internet WorkShop    http://tucson.com		FAX (520) 620-6841
> 

-- 
void rbowles(int sig)
{
	signal(sig, rbowles);
	raise(sig);
}