Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 16:32:51 -0800 From: "Eric C. S. Dynamic" <ecsd@transbay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a number of random questions. Message-ID: <346E3F33.167EB0E7@transbay.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971115140045.16642F-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> > 2. I've heard that Alpha is now supported. Yes? Up to 600MHz? > > no > you're thinking of NetBSD That's too bad. Supposedly only the kernel should care? Has anyone expressed an interest in doing a port? We were gung-ho about advertising a 600MHz FreeBSD Alpha machine (not to mention running such ourselves.) Perhaps the alpha kernel code can be ported from NetBSD? > > 7. Whatever happened to 'units'? > eh? 'units' was/is a program that did unit conversions ... e.g. # units You have: 50 kg You want: lb 110 Like that. But it knew a lot of physical conversions, like gauss and lumens and other abstruse things. It was there when I was at TFS.
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