Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 08:29:16 +0000 From: Ron Steele <rjs@clark.net> To: Jaye Mathisen <osyjm@schizo.coe.montana.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: BSD for DEC Alpha Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9502150816.A1791-0100000@critter> In-Reply-To: <9502141920.AA03618@schizo.coe.montana.edu>
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On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > Well, they may not give you one, the new line of alphastations > is pretty nice. > > 100MHZ CPU's (maybe 133's), 535MB disk, 32MB RAM, 19" monitor, 6k, with > CD. > > With U. discount, I can get 'em for something like 3.5k. > They probably won't give you one, but: DEC claims to be into open computing in a big way (I would guess trying to get out from under the perception of being a closed VMS organization). They do a lot with distributed object computing, for instance. If someone is serious about porting an OS to their platform, it is just anouther number the can put into their marketing brochures. Loaning a machine is a relatively small investment for them. We have had a loaner sitter around for months, wondering what to do with it - makes a nice Xterm even if the keyboard is non-standard. As for being a nice machine, I am sure it is, but so are HP's, Suns and Pentiums. (Lotta times you could use those 64 bit ints though.) Bottom line is it doesn't hurt to ask. Ron Steele
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