Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:32:04 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: wc.bulte@chello.nl Cc: Joel Mc Graw <jpmcgraw1@home.com>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha wannabe newbie--what hardware? Message-ID: <20000610113204.D33942@freebie.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <20000610112203.A33942@freebie.wbnet>; from wkb@chello.nl on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 11:22:03AM %2B0200 References: <3942D275.48165F30@home.com> <20000610112203.A33942@freebie.wbnet>
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On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 11:22:03AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 04:42:45PM -0700, Joel Mc Graw wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm a PC-bound FreeBSD lover that wants to get an alpha to play with. > > According to the description on FreeBSD mall: > > > > FreeBSD/AXP supports the following alpha platforms: > > > > UDB, Multia, AXPpci33, Noname > > EB164, PC164, PC164LX, PC164SX > > EB64+, Aspen Alpine, etc > > AlphaStation 200, 250, 255, 400 > > AlphaStation 500, 600 > > Digital Personal Workstation 433, 500, 600 > > Compaq Professional Workstation XP900, > > XP1000, AlphaServer DS10 > > DEC3000/300 family (netboot only) > > DEC3000/[4-9]00 family (netboot only) > > > > > > On ebay I've seen several machines billing themselves as Alpha 500a > > workstations. Is there a difference between these and the Personal > > Workstation 500 listed above? What other issues should I be aware of? > > PWS###a is the NT variant, the PWS### is the Unix/VMS variant. PWS###au where ### is the CPU clock speed. Grmublr.. -- Wilko Bulte FreeBSD, the power to serve http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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