every minute on the console.  Trying to kill abs from ddb resulted in a
   "no such process" message.  Does the ddb kill command work on the alpha?


the only thing is ... by default, ddb commands take _hex_ ... so you
need to convert that decimal number to hex.  there is a way in ddb to
do it, too, but i can never remember that.  (yay for multiple computers
having bc :)