From owner-freebsd-platforms Thu Jul 27 07:55:39 1995 Return-Path: platforms-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id HAA23659 for platforms-outgoing; Thu, 27 Jul 1995 07:55:39 -0700 Received: from prinny.pavilion.co.uk (prinny.pavilion.co.uk [193.131.160.34]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA23652 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 1995 07:55:32 -0700 Received: from line03.gunn-du.pavilion.co.uk (line15.gunn-du.pavilion.co.uk [193.131.160.118]) by prinny.pavilion.co.uk (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id PAA26115; Thu, 27 Jul 1995 15:59:31 +0100 Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 15:59:31 +0100 Message-Id: <199507271459.PAA26115@prinny.pavilion.co.uk> X-Sender: aledm@mailhost.pavilion.co.uk (Unverified) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Matt Thomas From: aledm@pavilion.co.uk (Aled Morris) Subject: Re: What Platform? Cc: freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Sender: platforms-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk At 12:49 PM 25/7/95 +0000, Matt Thomas wrote: >One DEC part number to check out is the EBP20-BA ($1170) which uses a >lowend Alpha. Well, just so you get a feel for what it's like out here in the sticks, I've been trying for two days now to get anyone to commit to being able to supply this product. Digital sell "exclusively" (i.e. except when they don't) through distributors in the UK, and giving these people the slightest hint that the product isn't an Intel PC is enough to make them hang up the phone :-( Only one distributor admitted that the part code existed ("but we can't supply it") and gave me a price - GBP780. Other reactions ranged from "we only do PCs" to "it doesn't exist - we called Digital and they told us you must have got the part code wrong". Eventually I have tapped into Digital's support centre, who concede it does exist but are reticent to supply it. They are going to give me a call back with ordering details. This board does have Unix PALcode, right? I have a terrible feeling that going this route is a mistake, I mean, if I can't even buy the product, what hope is there of getting any technical support for porting a Unix kernel to it will I get? Come back DEC Direct, all is forgiven! Now, what was the PowerPC motherboard part code... Aled -- telephone +44 973 207987