From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 24 17:34:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA22513 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:34:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA22504 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:34:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA26688; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:03:52 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id MAA49950; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:03:52 +1030 (CST) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:03:52 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: jm7996@devrycols.edu Cc: Kevin Weiss , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: about 3.1 and 64-bit computing Message-ID: <19990125120352.X36690@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199901240837.AAA01650@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: ; from James A. Mutter on Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 04:04:19AM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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