UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all,

Have two DEC Alpha 3000 systems (I think they're considered legacy servers) that I acquired from my former employer prior to the Voluntary Administrator seizing the assets.

They both have the basic SCO V4.0f OS installed and too be honest, I've had little time to even turn them on. This is more as a result of having to learn the ropes of being a first time parent and such.

Anyways, I do have a PIII-600 (using) running WinXP-Pro-SP2 and would like to know if anyone can shed some light on the following:[list=a][*]Can I connect the servers to the internet (dial-up) via a hub which is connected to the PIII using ICS?[*]As I have two servers, where would I best look at selling one of the servers?[*]The servers come with a VT420 console, is there a GUI for SCO that I could use via my Win PC?[*]Could I install a version of linux on this type of server?[/list=a] Any help apreciated.

As I have two servers, where would I best look at selling one of the servers?

ebay

# The servers come with a VT420 console, is there a GUI for SCO that I could use via my Win PC?

youd probably have to run x, then find some program that will run an X session on windows.

# Could I install a version of linux on this type of server?

linux runs on a wide variety of architectures, you just gotta find a distro the runs on your arch.

If you want a free X program that runs on windows, look into Cygwin X, which you can get through Cygwin's setup.exe.

I use it to get an X display from a Fedora Core 2 server on my WinXP machine.