Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd)
To: None <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/05/1999 16:57:19
> > Nope, but I can't speak for their choices or business model. Do they have
> > a machine that is an absolute *must have* for *BSD?
>
> The UP1000 and UP2000 motherboards are single and dual EV6 Tsunami
> boards.
Sorry. In light of the accuracy of the information I have to hand from
API, that should have been "I'm told that the...". 8(
It sounds like the UP1000 may be based on the AMD 751 chipset. I'm not
too impressed with these in the K7 application yet (they seem to have
overheating problems), so it will be interesting to see how they go with
the Alpha. If that's the part they're using, there'll be almost no work
involved in making the UP1000 work.
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