Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:11:22 -0500 From: "Kris Kedzierski" <kris@activetech.net> To: "Wilko Bulte" <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, "Wes Peters" <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU>, <kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu>, <rivers@dignus.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Intel Merced FreeBSD??? Message-ID: <021b01bef0e1$7adf1260$0ac951d1@activetech.net> References: <199908272225.AAA03716@yedi.iaf.nl>
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> As Wes Peters wrote ... > > Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > > > > > > ?? I thought we had already established that neither Linux or NT runs > > > on Merced, only HP-UX so far. I would certainly like to see a FBSD > > > port as I imagine we will be seeing Merced-based systems here quite > > > early on. > > > > Nope, it was reported last week a group at Intel has Linux booting on a > > Merced simulator. That doesn't mean it's ready to release, but it's a lot > > further along than most systems. > > > > If you think Microsoft doesn't have 64-bit NT in development for Merced, > > you're being awfully gullible. Compaq was insisting that Alpha remained > > the development platform for NT64 while dropping support for NT32 on the > > Alpha last week, while Microsoft was griping about the decision and > > talking about dropping Alpha as the NT64 development platform. They can't > > yet, of course, because they don't HAVE any Merced chips, but the writing > > is on the wall... > > The trade rags here insist it has already happened: M$ stopped 64 bit Alpha > NT. Beats me if it is true or not. It is, M$ posted it on their NT website. Even ZD is writing about it. Kris Kedzierski kris@activetech.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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