From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 30 20:06:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA29493 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:06:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from po1.glue.umd.edu (po1.glue.umd.edu [129.2.128.44]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA29488 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:06:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from packet.eng.umd.edu (packet.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.184]) by po1.glue.umd.edu (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA03873; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:06:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by packet.eng.umd.edu (8.8.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA10152; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:06:50 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: packet.eng.umd.edu: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:06:49 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@packet.eng.umd.edu To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: jehamby@lightside.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Alpha (was Re: COMDEX trip report) In-Reply-To: <897.849411388@time.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Alpha pros: > > 1) "Coolness" reputation as the fastest mass-market CPU. > > I think you've missed one or two, or at least gotten the emphasis in > slightly the wrong places: > > 2) Already supported by Linux and, to a lesser extent, NetBSD (when > discussing the newer ALPHA/PCI systems) thus making it *easier to > bootstrap from an existing port*. > > 3) Represents the next logical step upwards when you've hit the wall > with your PP/266 system and you're looking for a beefier server > that can be built out of widely available parts and accomodate > more of that most precious of network server resources: Memory. > > 4) Their price/performance ratio will be improving significantly within > the next 30 days. :) Oh? Something you heard at Comdex? Now that's interesting! > > > PowerPC cons: > > > 1) Dead architecture. :-) That sounds a _little_ harsh. > > Jordan > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------