From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 30 20:15:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA29781 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:15:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA29775 for ; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:15:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.3/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA01198; Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:14:55 -0800 (PST) To: Chuck Robey cc: jehamby@lightside.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Alpha (was Re: COMDEX trip report) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:06:49 EST." Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:14:55 -0800 Message-ID: <1195.849413695@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Oh? Something you heard at Comdex? Now that's interesting! Yes, keep your eyes on the ALPHA/PC market. I just picked up a 500MHz ALPHA Durango system with 128MB of memory and all the trimmings for just over $5K. If I'd wanted a slightly smaller drive or less memory, I could have come in well under this. That's quite a lot of machine for not a lot of money. > > 1) Dead architecture. :-) > > That sounds a _little_ harsh. I only believe what I read in PowerPC News - You know, that publication that closed its doors with a dirge in the last issue for the PowerPC architecture, citing insufficient interest even among its most principle sponsors (IBM / Motorola) and a failure to live up to all the promised increases in performance these last 3 years. The BeBOX is quite interesting, but not because of its dual-PowerPCs; it's interesting because of the other hardware within it and its operating system. Jordan