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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: need an Alpha-based machine
To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:17:10 +0100 (MET)
Cc: sprice@hiwaay.net, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <199711172043.NAA26135@usr07.primenet.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Nov 17, 97 08:43:15 pm
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As Terry Lambert wrote...
> 
> > Does anybody out there in FreeBSD-land have a spare
> > Alpha-based machine that they would be willing to
> > loan/sell?
> > 
> > I want to contribute to getting the FreeBSD Alpha
> 
> I'm using a Multia, and not the "official" porting platform (there
> is no documentation for the "official" platform).
> 
> You can obtain a Multia rather cheaply from www.onsale.com, if you
> are willing to wait for the interest to wane (it gets bumped by
> postings like this one -- might as well not compete with other
> FreeBSD'ers.  ;-)).

You can also look at the PC64 boards, they sell here in Holland
for US$ 175. See www.request.nl This mainboard, while not a speed
daemon of any magnitude, at least holds a couple of PCI exp.
cards. The Multia is limited to one short PCI slot.

Wilko
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