Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:09:26 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org (Jamil J. Weatherbee) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD --- ALPHA Message-ID: <199708132109.XAA00738@yedi.iaf.nl> 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
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As Jamil J. Weatherbee wrote... > > 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? There has been discussion of limiting/crippling systems to NT-only. If this has been really implemented (discussions of hacking the actual CPU silicon come to mind) I don't know. Crazy, I agree... Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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