From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jun 2 17:31:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13704 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 17:31:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA13696 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 17:31:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA22063; Wed, 3 Jun 1998 10:40:25 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199806030040.KAA22063@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: future of slpha port In-Reply-To: <11161.896833441@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jun 2, 98 05:24:01 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 10:40:25 +1000 (EST) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, jbarbee@singular.com, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > The 4 Alphas which Digital loaned to us many months ago now are a > different story, and of those we basically now have 3 on indefinite > loan status from DEC. The 4th, a multiprocessor ALPHAserver, never > made it through the Australian customs barrier to its intended > recipient and was eventually simply returned to Digital. That will be > the first and last time I attempt to have any significant piece of > hardware sent into that country. :-( Argh, don't say that! It should have been possible to get it in on demo status. There is probably a special form to fill out. Where are the other alphas (you have 1)? Are they being used? -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message