From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Apr 22 8:34:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39D5537B430 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:34:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3MB2Oaq002817; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:02:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g3MB2MTW002816; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:02:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:02:22 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Lawrence Mayer dsg Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cheap mb for 21264? Message-ID: <20020422130222.A2767@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se on Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 12:22:12PM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 12:22:12PM +0200, Lawrence Mayer dsg wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know if there are any inexpensive (e.g. $100 price range) (new > or used) motherboards available that support the alpha 21264 CPU in the > 1GHz range? $100 ? Forget it. Really, that is not a realistic pricepoint for an EV6 box, let alone a 1GHz one. My best guess is that EV6 boxes run in the 1-2k$ price range. And bare boards (sans CPU I mean) were never produced AFAIK. > I am a bit confused on the issue. I have read that the 21264 is pin > compatible with the Athlon Socket A. Does that mean that every Athlon > motherboard (such as an Athlon XP motherboard) automatically supports the > 21264? Absolutely not. Athlon uses (part of?) the EV6 bus design but that is about it. AMD got a bunch of the Alpha chip designers inhouse now. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message