From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 15 21:33:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA06584 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 21:33:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obiwan.psinet.net.au (obiwan.psinet.net.au [203.19.28.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA06577 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 21:33:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (adrian@localhost) by obiwan.psinet.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA14068; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 12:02:36 +0800 (WST) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 12:02:36 +0800 (WST) From: Adrian Chadd To: Sean Eric Fagan cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speed test In-Reply-To: <199708160356.UAA12467@kithrup.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > >Can you say "floating point?" Sure, I knew you could. Actually, in > >terms of price/performance, FreeBSD/AXP would scare the pants off just > >about any system in the world. ;^) > > I know someone at Pixar (okay, the *only* person I know at Pixar :)) who > would love to try FreeBSD/Alpha -- he loves FreeBSD, but needs the FP > performance of the Alpha. Erm. Last time I heard FreeBSD/Alpha hasn't gotten off the ground. :) Please tell me I'm wrong, I have a 233Mhz Alpha XL, a 233Mhz multia and a couple of 166Mhz Multia's that are meant to have arrived a couple months ago :) Cya -- Adrian Chadd | "Unix doesn't stop you from doing | stupid things because that would | stop you from doing clever things"