Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 21:48:36 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: Mike Eldridge <diz@cafes.net>, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha 4.x releases (production quality?) Message-ID: <20001020214836.A13587@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <14832.40216.99351.889106@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 03:32:21PM -0400 References: <14832.37309.17357.558735@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010201400510.31245-100000@mail.cafes.net> <14832.40216.99351.889106@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 03:32:21PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Mike Eldridge writes: > > > > I've looked at various used alpha hardware dealers, but as I said before, > > I don't know much about alphas. It seems there are LOADS of different > > ones. > > > > AlphaStation 200, huh? Do they have no cache either? ;) > > They have a 512k cache. They're not fast, but they're not painfully > slow either... They're considerably less buggy than multias. > > > Any suggestions on a (fairly) cheap alpha? (keep in mind I'm buying a new > > car =P) > > > > An alphastation 200 or 250. You can generally find them on the > on-line auction sites for less than $300. Just make sure you get enough memory. I myself consider 64Mb to be the minimum, speed wise. 32Mb will work, but is considerably slower. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20001020214836.A13587>