From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Nov 24 1:15:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8A9A37B417; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 01:15:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fAO9FsS44599; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 10:15:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 10:15:54 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "David O'Brien" Cc: Nick Maniscalco , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting back into alpha systems / looking for suggestions Message-ID: <20011124101554.A44567@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3C2C598F@zathras> <20011123160238.C68993@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011123160238.C68993@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 04:02:38PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 04:02:38PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 09:34:17PM -0500, Nick Maniscalco wrote: > > What should I look for? A 164LX? A PWS? > > 164LX is the finest 21164 in PeeCee'ish form factor. > After that it is a toss up between the PC164SX and PWS-MX5. (I've never > seen a PWS-GL on eBay). > > > I want to get at least 512MB memory and > > hopefully more, so a system that supports cheap memory would > > be a plus. > > PWS is out then. PC164SX and 164LX's take standard ECC DIMMs. So does PWS -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message