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To: Aled Morris <aledm@relay-europe.ps.net>
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Subject: Re: DEC Alpha Multia 
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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:19:53 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> Anyone thought about a port of FreeBSD to the DEC Alpha processor?  The
> new Multia machine seems to offer good value for money hardware (166MHz
> 64bit Alpha processor, 24Mb RAM, 340Mb SCSI-2 HDD, PCI bus, and Ethernet
> for $3000)
> 
> Perhaps the BSD consortium could fund a development machine if we had a 
> volunteer to do the port?

If we actually had a volunteer, this could be a serious possibility.

						Jordan