Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:59:49 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: Robert Huff <rhuff@cybercom.net>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PALcode Message-ID: <199810142159.OAA11561@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:44:52 +0100 (BST) Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> wrote: > Does anyone know what proportion of alpha boxes sold run Linux/*BSD > instead of NT? It might be worthwhile for Compaq to put a copy of the OSF > palcode into the AlphaBIOS firmware to make life easier for Linux/*BSD. > Wait a second - that makes too much sense :-(. Are you kidding? That would make it possible for non-Digital^WCompaq boards to run Digital UNIX (formerly DEC OSF/1). Why do you think they don't include it? Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 940 5942 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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