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Date:      Thu, 22 Nov 2001 01:13:07 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Justin P. Michel" <justinmichel@home.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, <aja2@ra.msstate.edu>
Subject:   Re: alpha vs i386
Message-ID:  <15356.42371.903393.208024@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <107012852@toto.iv>

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Justin P. Michel <justinmichel@home.com> types:
> From: "AJ Adams" 
> > Do I need alpha or i386? My specs are listed below.
> Alpha is a separate CPU line, that I honestly don't know too much about. :)

I can summarize everything most people need to know about Alpha CPUs
in one sentence:

They've been end-of-lifed by Compaq, and can be considered a dead
architecture.

For a bit more background, they were designed by DEC, which Compaq
bought. For a time, they were the CPU for the fastest single-cpu
workstations around.  I believe they were the first processor ever to
be clocked to a gigahertz, it having been done in the DEC labs back
around '90.

I have personal reasons relating to SPIM for having no regrets over
their passing.

	<mike
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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>			http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/
Q: How do you make the gods laugh?		A: Tell them your plans.

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