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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: DEBATE:  BSD vs. Linux
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Date: 04 Sep 1995 04:28:34 GMT
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In article <42b9rn$tl0@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu> kmh@linux.stevens-tech.edu (Kurt M. Hockenbury) writes:

   Jason R. Thorpe (thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) wrote:
   : Anyhow, the last I heard, Alpha/Linux only ran on DECpc AXP boxes, which,
   : to my knowledge, have been discontinued.

   According to the FAQ (http://www.azstarnet.com/~davidm/Linux-Alpha/FAQ.html)
     4) WHAT SYSTEM DOES LINUX/ALPHA RUN ON?

      Right now, you have the following choices:
	* Jensen
	* Noname (aka AXPpci33)
	* Cabriolet (aka  AlphPC64)
	* EB*

Does it say whether Linux/Alpha is a 32-bit kernel, as has been widely
reported in the past.  For argument's sake, the NetBSD/Alpha kernel is
fully 64-bit, just like Digital Unix (a.k.a. OSF/1).

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  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
       --<  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x  >--
     NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4, PC532,
                           DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), DEC/AXP (Alpha)
     NetBSD ports in progress: VAX and others...
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