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To: "Justin M. Seger" <jseger@freebsd.scds.com>
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Subject: Re: What kind of Alphas will DEC be donating? 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 22:42:38 -0700
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>What kind of Alphas will DEC be donating? I'm curious about this because I

   Ask again in a few weeks when we actually get them. I just faxed the
hardware loan agreement back to DEC a few days ago, so I don't expect anything
for at least 3-4 weeks.

>Anyway, I was just curious if it will be an AlphaStation, AlphaServer, or 
>something else. Also, do you guys currently have an implementation plan that 
>includes info on what machines this will actually run on?

   I'm not aware of any implementation plan. I might try and bring up NetBSD
on mine, but at this point I have no specific plans other than to start
learning about the architecture after the hardware arrives.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project