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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!Utrecht.NL.net!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Distribution: inet Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <DLyroD.1Au@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4eenvh$kad@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> <MICHAELV.96Jan28170332@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <Pine.LNX.3.91.960128214737.23722A-100000@jasper.knox.net> <4ei2bu$gmq@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 22:26:36 GMT Lines: 22 thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R Thorpe) writes: >>On 29 Jan 1996, Michael L. VanLoon wrote: >> >>> You'll have to get a 21164 Alpha box and run NetBSD on it too, Jason. >>> That way you can tell us all about your experiences. :-) >>> >>> -- someone who thinks the DEC Alpha is really hot >I had a 21164, and I did run NetBSD on it, and it was _BLOODY_ fast :-) >In fact, it was the first 21164 machine to run NetBSD, an >AlphaStation 600 5/266. Unfortunately, it was just a loaner from DEC, so >I don't have it anymore. I do have another 21164 box (an AlphaServer 8200 >with a 300MHz 21164). Maybe one day... Hmm, a Turbolaser would do fine as a personal workstation.. And even better when SMP was in the OS... 8-) >Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov