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Date:      Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:32:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Alpha 4.x releases (production quality?)
Message-ID:  <14832.40216.99351.889106@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010201400510.31245-100000@mail.cafes.net>
References:  <14832.37309.17357.558735@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010201400510.31245-100000@mail.cafes.net>

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Mike Eldridge writes:
 > 
 > I've looked at various used alpha hardware dealers, but as I said before,
 > I don't know much about alphas.  It seems there are LOADS of different
 > ones.
 > 
 > AlphaStation 200, huh?  Do they have no cache either?  ;)

They have a 512k cache.  They're not fast, but they're not painfully
slow either...  They're considerably less buggy than multias.

 > Any suggestions on a (fairly) cheap alpha?  (keep in mind I'm buying a new
 > car =P)
 > 

An alphastation 200 or 250.  You can generally find them on the
on-line auction sites for less than $300. 

Drew


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