From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 07:14:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D02316A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:14:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5F3443D31 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:14:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i0EFDx714503; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:13:59 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200401141513.i0EFDx714503@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: micheas@freep.org Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:13:58 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1074054442.631.79.camel@tux> from "Micheas Herman" at Jan 13, 2004 08:27:22 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: "Kevin R. Lee" Subject: Re: Info. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:14:07 -0000 > > On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 20:13, Kevin R. Lee wrote: > > Sorry, one more question, what does DEC Alpha stand for? > Digital Electric Corporation. (or did before Compaq bought them, before > being bought themselves, by HP) Actually, I think it was Digital Equipment Corporation. DEC was a major vendor for what was then called "Mini" computers - refrigerator sized machines intended for use in labs and engineering workshops. Alpha was one of their brand model lines of work stations. ////jerry > > Micheas > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- > Micheas Herman email: micheas@freep.org > Free Print Shop web: http://www.FreePrintShop.org > phone: (415)648-3222 fax: (415)648-4466 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >