From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 16 11: 9:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from chuggalug.clues.com (chuggalug.clues.com [194.217.82.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C76214A2D for ; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:09:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com) Received: (from geoffb@localhost) by chuggalug.clues.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA78053; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:10:04 GMT (envelope-from geoffb) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:10:04 +0000 From: Geoff Buckingham To: Paul Herman Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: On which alpha platforms can I run FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19991116171004.A78012@chuggalug.clues.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: ; from Paul Herman on Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 05:48:38PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 05:48:38PM +0100, Paul Herman wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if this is in a FAQ, but I've looked around on web pages and mailing > list archives and couldn't find anything. I'd like to run FreeBSD on an > alpha, and need to decide which alpha to buy. From INSTALL.TXT I see that > it runs on: > > UDB, Multia, AXPpci33, Noname > EB164, PC164, PC164LX, PC164SX > EB64+, Aspen Alpine, etc. > AlphaStation 200, 250, 255, 400 > AlphaStation 500, 600 > Digital Personal Workstation 433, 500, 600 > DEC3000/300 family (netboot only) > DEC3000/[4-9]00 family (netboot only) > > How do I know which is which? Can someone help, or point me in the right > direction? Thanks! > The PC* family are to my knowledge made by Samsung and sold to OEMs see: http://www.compusys.co.uk/alpha/mboards.asp as an example, I am sure someone else will know more about digital/compaq products. As a multia owner, I wouldn't recomend it for running FreeBSD :-( PS, does the PC164UX or PC264DP work? -- GeoffB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message