From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jul 7 19:54:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from Prime-FE2.lvcablemodem.com (prime-fe2.lvcablemodem.com [24.234.0.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 912D914BCD for ; Wed, 7 Jul 1999 19:54:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mholloway@flashmail.com) Received: from prime-fe2.lvcablemodem.com - 24.234.0.11 by lvcablemodem.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:00:51 -0700 Received: from liquid (dhcp235.59.lvcm.com [24.234.59.235]) by prime-fe2.lvcablemodem.com with SMTP (MailShield v1.5); Wed, 07 Jul 1999 20:00:50 -0700 Message-ID: <000c01bec8ed$1dd8bba0$eb3bea18@lvcm.com> From: "Mark Holloway" To: Subject: Alpha 500a ok? Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 19:53:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01BEC8B2.7125F740" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01BEC8B2.7125F740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi FreeBSD/Alpha people..=20 I have been using FreeBSD on intel (PII/333/128MB RAM) and it is great.. = I was looking at getting another machine to act as a personal server on = my home network and maybe eventually into a production environment. For = the money, I could spend around $1200 and build a PII/450 machine but a = friend of mine who is a used Sun/SGI/DEC/IBM reseller has a DEC Alpha = 500a (21164 Generation) Personal Workstation with 128MB Ram, DEC 16MB = PCI Video, 4GB SCSI, and CD-Rom for $1400. The thing that I like most = about this box is that it has 2MB cache versus Intel's 512k (unless you = get a Xeon, but that's a lot more than $1400). =20 Some people have asked me why I'm looking at Alpha and not Intel. Right = now I have an Intel/FreeBSD machine at home and it works great. = However, I've always looked for the best "bang for the buck" and $1400 = is a pretty low price to pay for the Alpha and I feel the components are = built better. The SpecINT on the Alpha 500 is still higher than any = other used RISC based machine in this price range (Sparc 20, SGI Indy, = all with SpecINT around 2.5 -> 4.5). =20 Does anyone know of any issues or quirks with the Alpha 500a machines? = Or are they pretty stable? Thanks! Mark ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01BEC8B2.7125F740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi FreeBSD/Alpha people..

I have been using FreeBSD on intel (PII/333/128MB = RAM) and it=20 is great.. I was looking at getting another machine to act as a personal = server=20 on my home network and maybe eventually into a production = environment. For=20 the money, I could spend around $1200 and build a PII/450 machine but a = friend=20 of mine who is a used Sun/SGI/DEC/IBM reseller has a DEC Alpha 500a = (21164=20 Generation) Personal Workstation with 128MB Ram, DEC 16MB PCI Video, 4GB = SCSI,=20 and CD-Rom for $1400. The thing that I like most about this box is = that it=20 has 2MB cache versus Intel's 512k (unless you get a Xeon, but that's a = lot more=20 than $1400).

Some people have asked me why I'm looking at Alpha = and not=20 Intel. Right now I have an Intel/FreeBSD machine at home = and it works=20 great. However, I've always looked for the best "bang for the = buck" and=20 $1400 is a pretty low price to pay for the Alpha and I feel the = components are=20 built better. The SpecINT on the Alpha 500 is still higher than = any other=20 used RISC based machine in this price range (Sparc 20, SGI Indy, all = with=20 SpecINT around 2.5 -> 4.5).

Does anyone know of any issues or quirks with the = Alpha 500a=20 machines? Or are they pretty stable?

Thanks!

Mark

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