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Date:      Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:55:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Alpha XL 300
Message-ID:  <14829.40263.552989.381385@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010180021200.1646-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010180021200.1646-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>

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Brandon D. Valentine writes:
 > I am looking to buy an Alpha to run FreeBSD/AXP on.  I have the ability
 > to buy a DEC Alpha XL 300 workstation and it looks like a good deal.
 > It's got a 300Mhz 21164, 32MB of RAM, a 2.1 GB SCSI HDD and a SCSI CDROM
 > in it.  All for ~$450 USD.  What I want to know is, is this as good a
 > deal as it sounds, and will it run FreeBSD well.  I have been unable to

It won't run any of the *BSDs at all, because it does not have an SRM
console.  


Drew


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