Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 19:53:54 -0700 From: "Mark Holloway" <mholloway@flashmail.com> To: <alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Alpha 500a ok? Message-ID: <000c01bec8ed$1dd8bba0$eb3bea18@lvcm.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01BEC8B2.7125F740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi FreeBSD/Alpha people..=20 I have been using FreeBSD on intel (PII/333/128MB RAM) and it is great.. = I was looking at getting another machine to act as a personal server on = my home network and maybe eventually into a production environment. For = the money, I could spend around $1200 and build a PII/450 machine but a = friend of mine who is a used Sun/SGI/DEC/IBM reseller has a DEC Alpha = 500a (21164 Generation) Personal Workstation with 128MB Ram, DEC 16MB = PCI Video, 4GB SCSI, and CD-Rom for $1400. The thing that I like most = about this box is that it has 2MB cache versus Intel's 512k (unless you = get a Xeon, but that's a lot more than $1400). =20 Some people have asked me why I'm looking at Alpha and not Intel. Right = now I have an Intel/FreeBSD machine at home and it works great. = However, I've always looked for the best "bang for the buck" and $1400 = is a pretty low price to pay for the Alpha and I feel the components are = built better. The SpecINT on the Alpha 500 is still higher than any = other used RISC based machine in this price range (Sparc 20, SGI Indy, = all with SpecINT around 2.5 -> 4.5). =20 Does anyone know of any issues or quirks with the Alpha 500a machines? = Or are they pretty stable? Thanks! Mark ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01BEC8B2.7125F740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3401" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi FreeBSD/Alpha people.. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I have been using FreeBSD on intel (PII/333/128MB = RAM) and it=20 is great.. I was looking at getting another machine to act as a personal = server=20 on my home network and maybe eventually into a production = environment. For=20 the money, I could spend around $1200 and build a PII/450 machine but a = friend=20 of mine who is a used Sun/SGI/DEC/IBM reseller has a DEC Alpha 500a = (21164=20 Generation) Personal Workstation with 128MB Ram, DEC 16MB PCI Video, 4GB = SCSI,=20 and CD-Rom for $1400. The thing that I like most about this box is = that it=20 has 2MB cache versus Intel's 512k (unless you get a Xeon, but that's a = lot more=20 than $1400). </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Some people have asked me why I'm looking at Alpha = and not=20 Intel. Right now I have an Intel/FreeBSD machine at home = and it works=20 great. However, I've always looked for the best "bang for the = buck" and=20 $1400 is a pretty low price to pay for the Alpha and I feel the = components are=20 built better. The SpecINT on the Alpha 500 is still higher than = any other=20 used RISC based machine in this price range (Sparc 20, SGI Indy, all = with=20 SpecINT around 2.5 -> 4.5). </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Does anyone know of any issues or quirks with the = Alpha 500a=20 machines? Or are they pretty stable?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Mark</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01BEC8B2.7125F740-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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