Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:41:56 +1000 (EST) From: Ada T Lim <ada@not-enough.bandwidth.org> To: jamil@counterintelligence.ml.org (Jamil J. Weatherbee) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD --- ALPHA Message-ID: <199708130841.SAA13894@polya.blah.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813005434.290A-100000@counterintelligence.ml.org> from "Jamil J. Weatherbee" at "Aug 13, 97 00:57:05 am"
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> > I was looking at alpha motherboards / systems tonight when I noted that > there are actually two different versions of the 500MHz 21164, an NT > (&linux) version and a UNIX (DEC UNIX). Apparently the UNIX version is > different and more expensive but will run NT also (the reverse is not > true). So what processor will freebsd-alpha run on, and Is the UNIX > version actually better or what? I believe this is a DEC marketing ploy - Digital Unix may test for the different processor and fail on the cheap one, simply so they can subsidise the cost of Digital Unix without making it look _too_ expensive. Ada
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