Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 12:49:40 +0000 From: Matt Thomas <matt@lkg.dec.com> To: aledm@pavilion.co.uk (Aled Morris) Cc: freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What Platform? Message-ID: <199507251249.MAA25676@whydos.lkg.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 25 Jul 1995 17:21:30 %2B0100." <199507251621.RAA16714@prinny.pavilion.co.uk>
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> At 11:38 AM 25/7/95, Chuck Robey wrote: > >> DEC are almost giving away Alpha systems, and they do have a mean > >> CPU. Will they survive? > > > >That they are. Academic prices are (I understand) about 3500 for a > >system with monitor, drive and network. That's actually within shooting > >range for a single individual, albeit a somewhat warped one. > > Much less than that for a Multia. > > I asked this question before, but was told there is a MMU problem with > the Multia that prevents it from working with Unix's virtual memory > system. Nope. The problem with the multia is that only ships with the Windows NT PALcode. There is no OpenVMS or OSF/1 PALcode support. That means you need to map the UNIX MMU semantics onto the NT PALcode. It could be done but the OSF/1 PALcode is a much better match. > I was told at the time that DEC offers development systems (motherboards) > for < US$1000(?) which you could swap into a PC chassis and use standard PCI > peripherals, SCSI disks etc. > > Anyone with exact details? There are various AT sized motherboards which one can buy with Alpha and a PCI/ISA bus. Check out http://www.digital.com/info/pr-news/94111402PR.txt.html http://www.digital.com/info/pr-news/94051701PN.txt.html http://www.digital.com/info/pr-news/94060401PN.txt.html One DEC part number to check out is the EBP20-BA ($1170) which uses a lowend Alpha. Check out the http://www.digital.com and http://www.services.digital.com sites for more information.help
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