From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 19 12:53:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA25654 for alpha-outgoing; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 12:53:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha) Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.5.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA25641 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 12:53:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA29519; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:53:08 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpd029509; Wed Nov 19 13:53:02 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA21627; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:52:58 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199711192052.NAA21627@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Which Alpha is this? To: cjs@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:52:58 +0000 (GMT) Cc: murray@cdrom.com, chris@bb.cc.wa.us, alpha@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Curt Sampson" at Nov 19, 97 11:17:40 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > % The Specs say: > > % DEC Alpha 21164 CPU 533 MHZ > > % DEC Aplha pc164 LX MotherBoard > > Well, it's a pc164 LX, of course. :-) (This is definitely nothing > like a multia.) > > > That > > could be either an AlphaPC 21164 (with only 1 meg of cache, but a new > > multimedia unit to make up for it), or just a normal 21164 with 2meg > > cache. > > The LX motherboard is the one with 2 MB of cache and SRM console > available for it. (The SX is the one with only 1 MB of cache and > ARC console only.) In English, this means you will be able to use NetBSD/Alpha as documentation if you wish to work on a FreeBSD port. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.