Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 16:20:02 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: bad bob <sfmc68@bellatlantic.net> Cc: free <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DCG Alpha boxes, anyone running free on them? Message-ID: <20020524162002.A1585@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3CEE4B57.ABAE8E90@bellatlantic.net>; from sfmc68@bellatlantic.net on Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:16:55AM -0400 References: <3CEE1FA5.3344E062@bellatlantic.net> <20020524132842.C1158@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3CEE4B57.ABAE8E90@bellatlantic.net>
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On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:16:55AM -0400, bad bob wrote: > hi Wilko, Well, if they are indeed UP1000/UP2000 clones they should just work I suppose. I have never seen one. Do you have a URL maybe? Wilko (curious..) > the DCG box is an alpha clone, there seem to be a number of variations. > I have 3U or 5U (not sure of the exact designation) versions, but the > DCG boxes SEEM to be repackaged, obviously lower cost but still very > good quality UP1000, UP2000, and other motherboard based boxes. rack > mount. I would call them industrial strength alphas, not the same color > as the equiv dec/paq boxes, but the same performance. I am not > sure of diffs in the bios/srm/what ever variations but I have seen > them running free, net, redhat, vms, DU/Tru... > One box I have has the 164 LX mobo, no video, scsi car, boots > and runs free 4.2, running 3 drives in it right now, 22GB or so, > I have to check mem, I think it is about 512MB. The other is > the UP2000 based box, running 56GB scsi drives, 1GB ram, dual > 264 cpus, running netbsde 1.4.2 ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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