From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Feb 3 05:44:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA26134 for alpha-outgoing; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 05:44:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from icicle.winternet.com (adm@icicle.winternet.com [198.174.169.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA26117 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 05:44:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mestery@mail.winternet.com) Received: (from adm@localhost) by icicle.winternet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA15253 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:44:08 -0600 (CST) Received: from tundra.winternet.com(198.174.169.11) by icicle.winternet.com via smap (V2.0) id xma015076; Tue, 3 Feb 98 07:43:30 -0600 Received: from localhost (mestery@localhost) by tundra.winternet.com (8.8.7/8.8.4) with SMTP id HAA22749 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:43:29 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: tundra.winternet.com: mestery owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 07:43:29 -0600 (CST) From: Kyle Mestery To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Sad but true... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe alpha" While searching for Alpha based systems this morning, here is what I read from a company that used to sell Alpha systems. Also, here is the url: http://www.tdl.com/~netex/computers/alpha.html ---- Due to the recent buy-out of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) by Compaq and Intel we are not currently selling the Digital Alpha. Digital is closing down its normal Alpha distribution chain. Compaq plans to sell complete Alpha workstations and servers through its normal channels. Digital will become a support branch of Compaq. Intel will continue production of the Alpha for Compaq, but has no plans to produce Alphas for other system integrators. Samsung will be releasing a line of Alphas in April of this year under a licensing agreement with the Digital. Samsung Alpha boards and processors are already available as samples. Reportedly Polywell is already testing the Samsung Alpha. The Samsung Alpha should be widely available to system integrators. We hope to carry the Samsung Alpha product line by April or may of this year. ----- Kyle Mestery | You do not greet death, you punch StorageTek's Network Systems Group | him in the throat repeatedly until 7600 Boone Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55428 | he drags you away. -Dennis Leary