Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:03:52 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: jm7996@devrycols.edu Cc: Kevin Weiss <kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: about 3.1 and 64-bit computing Message-ID: <19990125120352.X36690@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901240403450.215-100000@insomnia.local.net>; from James A. Mutter on Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 04:04:19AM -0500 References: <199901240837.AAA01650@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901240403450.215-100000@insomnia.local.net>
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On Sunday, 24 January 1999 at 4:04:19 -0500, James A. Mutter wrote: >> does anyone know when the 3.1 Complete FreeBSD release is coming out? >> >> also, what are FreeBSD's plans for a 64-bit OS? >> > > Isn't the Alpha a 64 bit machine? Yes. > If so, does FreeBSD Alpha take advantage of this fact? Unlike some other processors (Sparc, MIPS), the Alpha has *only* a 64 bit mode, so it's not so much taking advantage as having no choice. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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