Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:42:14 08/09/00
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On August 09, 2000 at 02:03:36, pavel wrote: >On August 08, 2000 at 13:52:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 08, 2000 at 10:54:48, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>> >>>>Simply call Compaq and tell them you want to buy an XP1000 workstation. They >>>>will happily ship you one _right now_. About the same size as a PC in a mid- >>>>size tower case. >>>> >>> >>>>Nope.. David was originally going to make it "uniform platform" but that >>>>fell through. The rules have _always_ been a single-cpu commercially available >>>>microprocessor. A couple of years ago some of the participants had Kryo-ed >>>>alphas. Crafty ran on a 21164 in Paris. >>>> >>> >>>What would the cost be one one of these machines? And I am only guessing, but I >>>doubt a Windows version would run one correct? Or does Windows 2000 have support >>>of the alphas? >> >> >>No windows for the alphas any longer. Microsoft and Digital/Compaq had some >>sort of falling out. NT 4.0 was available for the alpha, but alpha support >>was dropped... last year I think. > >so you are gonna use a *nix OS ? >thanks >pavel Yes. which suits me fine since that is what I use every day, anyway.
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