Subject: Re: Looking for ev6 or later workstation..
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@netbsd.org>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@NetBSD.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/16/2007 19:55:17
On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 03:35:18AM -0800, Erik E. Fair wrote:
> At 7:41 +0000 2/16/07, Darren Reed wrote:
> >I'm hunting around for either a working unused pc164 board or similar
> >performance alpha station in SFBA. It doesn't need to support NetBSD.
>
> Uh, the PC164 was a 21164A (EV56) system (I have a couple). Highest
> clock rate was 600 MHz (for the PC164LX).
>
> EV6 (as I understand it) refers to the 21264 CPU, which for a
> workstation would mean a Compaq XP1000, or DEC DS10 type system ...
>
> Is that what you meant?
err, maybe i should just stop using alpha terms and say i'm looking
for a desktop alpha thing that doesn't have loud fans or suck in terms
of performance (pc164 was what I'd call "good".)
Darren