Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:25:05 -0500 From: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: "Kevin R. Lee" <kevin_lee@att.net> Subject: Re: Info. Message-ID: <D45C2326-46A5-11D8-9187-000A95EFF4CA@foolishgames.com> In-Reply-To: <200401141513.i0EFDx714503@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200401141513.i0EFDx714503@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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From my understanding a DEC Alpha system contained an Alpha processor. I don't know a lot about them, but I believe they are RISC based and had a portion of the chip that was programmable for the operating system to add custom instructions to. There was a windows NT 4 port to the alpha and DEC and later compaq/hp had a Unix for them as well. Some alpha systems are still in production use. I know a college around here that uses it for a custom security system with keycards. The software they use was never ported to the x86 version (IA32 for people who hate that term) of NT4. Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) 'Re-implementing what I designed in 1979 is not interesting to me personally. For kids who are 20 years younger than me, Linux is a great way to cut your teeth. It's a cultural phenomenon and a business phenomenon. Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully designed. I much prefer it to Linux.' -- Bill Joy, Wired Article 2003
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