Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:48:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: gallatin@cs.duke.edu (Andrew Gallatin) Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, port-alpha@netbsd.org Subject: Re: DEC Server 530x? Message-ID: <199906260948.LAA98830@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <14196.12866.714386.831497@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> from Andrew Gallatin at "Jun 25, 1999 10: 7:23 pm"
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As Andrew Gallatin wrote ... > > Anybody know what the heck an AlphaServer1200 is? Is it a scaled down > rawhide? I ask because a NECX is selling something called the 'Digital > Server 5300' with a 400Mhz 21164 for $800USD. > > According to some of the old DEC info, the 5300 was formerly known as > the 'AlphaServer 1200 for Windows NT.' And according to some linux A, a 'whitebox' Alpha. > documentation I've seen, a 1200 is the 'TINCUP' variation of the > rawhide family. (http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/alpha/rh52-hardware-alpha-3.html) > > Anybody know if > > a) SRM will run on a 5300 It could very well be that it does not. It is from the days DEC tried to seperately price NT and 'real' Alphas. > b) NetBSD will run on a 5300 (or a 1200) as if it were a normal rawhide? > c) the 5300, like the AS1200, can accept a second CPU? I will check this for you with my AXP-guru colleague. Will be monday before I can followup. Wilko -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands - Powered by FreeBSD - |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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