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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 1997 12:53:05 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Jason Hsi Wu <jwu@g-net.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: about compatibility of new 2.2 
Message-ID:  <199703172053.MAA06037@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Mar 1997 13:12:16 EST." <332D8980.64D6@g-net.net> 

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>Hello freebsd.org,
>
>How well does freebsd run on Alpha? I just saw a new chip from Alpha
>today which offers very good performance in a fraction cost of a pentium
>pro.  I wonder is it compatible with the new 2.2 release?

   It doesn't. FreeBSD doesn't run on the Alpha. Given the state of the gcc
compiler/optimizer support for the Alpha, it would only run at about 1/2
a Pentium Pro, anyway...

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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