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From: Ada T Lim <ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD --- ALPHA
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813005434.290A-100000@counterintelligence.ml.org> from "Jamil J. Weatherbee" at "Aug 13, 97 00:57:05 am"
To: jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org (Jamil J. Weatherbee)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:41:56 +1000 (EST)
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> 
> I was looking at alpha motherboards / systems tonight when I noted that
> there are actually two different versions of the 500MHz 21164, an NT
> (&linux) version and a UNIX (DEC UNIX). Apparently the UNIX version is
> different and more expensive but will run NT also (the reverse is not
> true). So what processor will freebsd-alpha run on, and Is the UNIX
> version actually better or what?

I believe this is a DEC marketing ploy - Digital Unix may test for the
different processor and fail on the cheap one, simply so they can subsidise
the cost of Digital Unix without making it look _too_ expensive.

Ada