From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 14 20:24:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9785D16A438 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 20:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from magill@mcgillsociety.org) Received: from spacecat.mcgillsociety.org (adsl-216-158-26-62.cust.oldcity.dca.net [216.158.26.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8875843D53 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 20:24:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from magill@mcgillsociety.org) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (abase.mcgillsociety.org [216.158.26.165]) by spacecat.mcgillsociety.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id k4EKIUS338773; Sun, 14 May 2006 16:18:31 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20060512172953.GB4365@groat.ugcs.caltech.edu> References: <200605111424.04935.jhb@freebsd.org> <20060511223035.189F545053@ptavv.es.net> <20060512093804.GC714@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060512172953.GB4365@groat.ugcs.caltech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v750) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7B57E642-36E9-4260-A9B8-B8C2996C986B@mcgillsociety.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "William H. Magill" Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 16:22:44 -0400 To: Paul Allen X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.750) Cc: Peter Jeremy , alpha@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman Subject: Re: HEADSUP: Alpha support is being retired in 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 20:24:46 -0000 On 12 May, 2006, at 13:29, Paul Allen wrote: > You can tell how good the EV7 was when you realize how long it took > for > other architectures to catch-up. > > Ye Olde Hudson Design Team, we miss you.\ EV8 = Intel Core-Duo = "Alpha Inside" Since I've retired, I'm not as current on things as I once was, but to me, the "not-yet-quite-released" Intel Core-Duo chips (the follow- on to the chips Apple is currently using; those with the full 64-bit instruction set enabled) are clearly the result of Intel's acquisition of the Alpha design team and technology they acquired in the death-throes of Compaq. T.T.F.N. William H. Magill # Beige G3 [Rev A motherboard - 300 MHz 768 Meg] OS X 10.2.8 # Flat-panel iMac (2.1) [800MHz - Super Drive - 768 Meg] OS X 10.4.1 # PWS433a [Alpha 21164 Rev 7.2 (EV56)- 64 Meg] Tru64 5.1a # XP1000 [Alpha 21264-3 (EV6) - 256 meg] FreeBSD 5.3 # XP1000 [Alpha 21264-A (EV 6.7) - 384 meg] FreeBSD 5.3 magill@mcgillsociety.org magill@acm.org magill@mac.com whmagill@gmail.com