Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:14:55 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: jehamby@lightside.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Alpha (was Re: COMDEX trip report) Message-ID: <1195.849413695@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:06:49 EST." <Pine.OSF.3.95.961130230509.10192A-100000@packet.eng.umd.edu>
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> Oh? Something you heard at Comdex? Now that's interesting! Yes, keep your eyes on the ALPHA/PC market. I just picked up a 500MHz ALPHA Durango system with 128MB of memory and all the trimmings for just over $5K. If I'd wanted a slightly smaller drive or less memory, I could have come in well under this. That's quite a lot of machine for not a lot of money. > > 1) Dead architecture. :-) > > That sounds a _little_ harsh. I only believe what I read in PowerPC News - You know, that publication that closed its doors with a dirge in the last issue for the PowerPC architecture, citing insufficient interest even among its most principle sponsors (IBM / Motorola) and a failure to live up to all the promised increases in performance these last 3 years. The BeBOX is quite interesting, but not because of its dual-PowerPCs; it's interesting because of the other hardware within it and its operating system. Jordan
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