Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 19:00:31 -0800 (PST) From: Murray Stokely <murray@cdrom.com> To: Chris Coleman <chris@bb.cc.wa.us> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which Alpha is this? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971118185343.3671K-100000@pooh.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.971118171655.26957A-100000@bb.cc.wa.us>
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On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Chris Coleman wrote: % I have heard a lot about the "multia"/"Miata" Where is the Documentation % issue. We are ordering a Alpha based computer and I want to know what % kind this is. They are ordering it for use with NT, But I will have % hacking rights on it and am wondering if I will be able to contribute to % the Alpha project on it. My question is "how do I know what kind of Alpha % it is?" % % The Specs say: % DEC Alpha 21164 CPU 533 MHZ % DEC Aplha pc164 LX MotherBoard You'd get a much more technically accurate response from comp.sys.dec, but multia/udb's were early 066's running at 166mhz and such. That could be either an AlphaPC 21164 (with only 1 meg of cache, but a new multimedia unit to make up for it), or just a normal 21164 with 2meg cache. http://www.digital.com/semiconductor should help you out, or your system vendor's web page. Murray Stokely
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