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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 2002 10:06:17 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        "Craig Burgess" <craig@CheetahUSA.net>
Cc:        "alpha" <FreeBSD-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Should I wait for 5-RELEASE for "new" machine coming?
Message-ID:  <15502.6505.850759.40163@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <JMEJIDBCLMMNOALABHFFCEHCCPAA.craig@CheetahUSA.net>
References:  <JMEJIDBCLMMNOALABHFFCEHCCPAA.craig@CheetahUSA.net>

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Craig Burgess writes:
 > So far I have this info: "Model 82-PBF5W-VA. Dual Alpha 21164 64bit
 > 533Mhz, 4 meg cache each... PBXGB-CA Powerstorm Graphics." (It's
 > from EBay; I hope I don't regret it.)
 > 
 > I couldn't find any reference to this model on the Compaq site. If
 > this thing sounds familiar and there are any gotchas I should know
 > about, please let me know (probably best off-list). I recall
 > reading an interview (?) in which JH? said that FreeBSD v5 will
 > have much better SMP support.

There is no SMP support in -stable for alphas, so v5 certainly has
better support ;)

Drew

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