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Date:      Wed, 19 Nov 1997 11:17:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
To:        Murray Stokely <murray@cdrom.com>
Cc:        Chris Coleman <chris@bb.cc.wa.us>, alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which Alpha is this?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.971119111605.5868K-100000@cynic.portal.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971118185343.3671K-100000@pooh.cdrom.com>

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On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Murray Stokely wrote:

> % My question is "how do I know what kind of Alpha it is?"
> % 
> % The Specs say:
> % 	DEC Alpha 21164 CPU 533 MHZ
> % 	DEC Aplha pc164 LX MotherBoard

Well, it's a pc164 LX, of course. :-) (This is definitely nothing
like a multia.)

> That
> could be either an AlphaPC 21164 (with only 1 meg of cache, but a new
> multimedia unit to make up for it), or just a normal 21164 with 2meg
> cache.

The LX motherboard is the one with 2 MB of cache and SRM console
available for it. (The SX is the one with only 1 MB of cache and
ARC console only.)

cjs

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