From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jun 2 12:51:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA27609 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 12:51:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA27604 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 12:51:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA10668; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 12:39:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806021939.MAA10668@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: jbarbee@singular.com Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: future of slpha port Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 12:39:47 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 11:36:37 -0700 jbarbee@singular.com (John Barbee) wrote: > i was told that when the loaner went away, the alpha port was given to netbsd. What does that _mean_? NetBSD/alpha has existed for a fairly long time, and was done completely independently of any FreeBSD work in that area. > are there any future plans for freebsd and alpha or is that project permanently > closed? > > we bought an alphastation 200 and are deciding what to run on it. Well, you certainly can run NetBSD/alpha on 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: +1 650 428 6939 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message