Subject: Re: DEC Server 530x?
To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
List: port-alpha
Date: 06/26/1999 11:48:47
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.
Wilko
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