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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.reference.com!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!not-for-mail From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 29 Jan 1996 01:00:46 -0800 Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4ei2bu$gmq@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> References: <4cmopu$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> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov >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... Ciao. -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939