Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 11:22:03 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl> To: Joel Mc Graw <jpmcgraw1@home.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha wannabe newbie--what hardware? Message-ID: <20000610112203.A33942@freebie.wbnet> In-Reply-To: <3942D275.48165F30@home.com>; from jpmcgraw1@home.com on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 04:42:45PM -0700 References: <3942D275.48165F30@home.com>
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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. See: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/4.0-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT for more info -- 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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