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>> Two questions... First, is there going to be an alpha mailing list I could
>> subscribe to, to keep an ear on the alpha development?  In about six
>
>Already there - freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org is open for business.
>
>> The other question is, are there any plans to have digital unix binary
>> emulation?  Digital unix 'cc' will compile two types of binaries,
>
>I certainly hope so.  It's definitely a goal.

Just out of curiosity, couldn't we use a large part of the NetBSD/alpha
machine dependant code?  I would think that this would significantly
speed up a port..

-Chris

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>					Jordan