Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 19:12:05 -0800 From: "Dr. MacEnstein" <bangpath@bellsouth.net> To: "Bart (The Good Guy) Trzynadlowski" <trzy@powernet.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IA-64 support Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990103191205.00888a10@mail.atl.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901031706420.29989-100000@adam.enteract.com > References: <19990103141806.A83680@dan.emsphone.com>
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>> > although NT5 is 64-bit compliant I don't want that to be my window >> > into 64-bit computing.... >> I believe that when Intel was pushing the Merced (they seem to have >> forgotten about it), they promised to give the free OS people all the >> information they would need, plus access to Intel's testing facilities. >> I'd rather just run FreeBSD/Alpha on a non-vaporware 64-bit CPU, thank >> you :) > >Thats all fine and dandy but did you here about AMD 64 bit CPU thats >coming out earlier than the Merced. It's suppose to jump the 100Mhz bus >and go straight to 200Mhz and modeled after the Alpha. Pentium killer or >just hype? > >JOHN > Check out Maximum PC magazine (current issue). It has a great article on the technical aspects of the AMD K7; 64-bit, multi-processing capable, advanced FPU, 200 MHz bus, based on Alpha and Intel technology. THAT'S what I want to run FreeBSD. ---------------------------------------| There are two major products that came | out of Berkeley: LSD and BSD Unix. We | don't believe this to be a coincidence.| -Author Unknown | ---------------------------------------| Andrew ----> bangpath@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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