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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: need an Alpha-based machine
To: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 19:36:35 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199711202317.AAA06703@yedi.iaf.nl> from "Wilko Bulte" at Nov 21, 97 00:17:10 am
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As Wilko Bulte wrote...
> As Terry Lambert wrote...
> > 
> > > Does anybody out there in FreeBSD-land have a spare
> > > Alpha-based machine that they would be willing to
> > > loan/sell?
> > > 
> > > I want to contribute to getting the FreeBSD Alpha
> > 
> > I'm using a Multia, and not the "official" porting platform (there
> > is no documentation for the "official" platform).
> > 
> > You can obtain a Multia rather cheaply from www.onsale.com, if you
> > are willing to wait for the interest to wane (it gets bumped by
> > postings like this one -- might as well not compete with other
> > FreeBSD'ers.  ;-)).
> 
> You can also look at the PC64 boards, they sell here in Holland

Eh, AXPpci33 that is...

> for US$ 175. See www.request.nl This mainboard, while not a speed
> daemon of any magnitude, at least holds a couple of PCI exp.
> cards. The Multia is limited to one short PCI slot.
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