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From: cschuber@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (Cy Schubert - BCSC Open Systems Group)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Roll-yer-own Alpha OSF box
Followup-To: comp.unix.osf.osf1,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Date: 8 Mar 1996 00:05:01 GMT
Organization: BC Systems
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Message-ID: <4hntjd$55l@orca.osg.gov.bc.ca>
References: <31227482.31DF@garply.com> <Pine.OSF.3.91.960215135251.27925D-100000@foo.garply.com> <4gg96c$195@zuul.nmti.com> <312D11F8.794B@garply.com> <4god34$8hh@web.nmti.com>
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Peter da Silva (peter@nmti.com) wrote:
> In article <312D11F8.794B@garply.com>,
> Hugh Messenger <hippo@garply.com> wrote:
> > Peter da Silva wrote:
> > > In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.960215135251.27925D-100000@foo.garply.com>,
> > > Hugh Messenger <hugh@garply.com> wrote:
> > > > Too right. What suprised me is that the box is actually cheaper than a
> > > > similarly endowed high end Pentium solution. And it'll run NT, Linux or OSF.
> > > Should run NetBSD too... if I'm not misunderstanding what Chris was saying
> > > at Usenix...
> > Ooooh, sore point. I couldn't get there.
> > Is the NetBSD port 64 bit?
> Yep.
Does the NetBSD port support Turbochannel?
Regards, Phone: (604)389-3827
Cy Schubert OV/VM: BCSC02(CSCHUBER)
Open Systems Support BITNET: CSCHUBER@BCSC02.BITNET
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