Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 19:37:25 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Cc: gallatin@cs.duke.edu, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, port-alpha@netbsd.org Subject: Re: DEC Server 530x? Message-ID: <199906281737.TAA00866@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199906260948.LAA98830@yedi.iaf.nl> from Wilko Bulte at "Jun 26, 1999 11:48:47 am"
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As Wilko Bulte wrote ... > As Andrew Gallatin wrote ... > > > > Anybody know what the heck an AlphaServer1200 is? Is it a scaled down > > rawhide? I ask because a NECX is selling something called the 'Digital > > Server 5300' with a 400Mhz 21164 for $800USD. > > > > According to some of the old DEC info, the 5300 was formerly known as > > the 'AlphaServer 1200 for Windows NT.' And according to some linux > > A, a 'whitebox' Alpha. > > > documentation I've seen, a 1200 is the 'TINCUP' variation of the > > rawhide family. (http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/alpha/rh52-hardware-alpha-3.html) > > > > Anybody know if > > > > a) SRM will run on a 5300 > > It could very well be that it does not. It is from the days DEC tried > to seperately price NT and 'real' Alphas. > > > b) NetBSD will run on a 5300 (or a 1200) as if it were a normal rawhide? > > c) the 5300, like the AS1200, can accept a second CPU? > > I will check this for you with my AXP-guru colleague. Will be monday before > I can followup. He will do some additional digging. There have been a limited number of cpus that really could not run SRM. Most of the whiteboxes can be brought to SRM using a failsafe bootfloppy. He started mumbling that he needed to check some docs. Stay tuned for more info. -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands - Powered by FreeBSD - |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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