Intel and/or NetPower. JoeK or DanZ?
> > I know JoeK's NetBSD machine has only crashed once in its tenure, and
> > that was due to Quake.
> BSDI P-Pro rocks.
You got that right.
> > Unfortunately, these machines were donated. If I had to buy, I would
> > buy an Alpha or a Mac.
> Depends what you need it for.
Working: writing papers, making slide presentations, running Java
networked programs, websurfing, email...
> > Darn, check out the cool specs:
> > http://www.digital.com/semiconductor/alphapc64.htm
> > TWICE the performance of Pentium IIs at half the price. Runs
> > Intel-running software in emulation mode faster than Intel-running
> > software running on the Pentium IIs in native mode. Runs NT or Linux
> > natively. Designed for 64-bit, realtime MPEG1 authoring, host-based
> > DVD/MPEG2 playback *drool*
> So show me where I can get a Alpha for $800 and I'll buy 4 of 'em. You can
> get Dell P-Pro's from the Dell referb center for around $1600.
Um... you're gonna have to buy 1000 of them to get em for $500 apiece.
A friend of mine says...
> From lines@alexander.cs.caltech.edu Sun Jun 22 15:48:12 1997
> To: adam@kiwi.cs.caltech.edu (I Find Karma)
>
> This may not be what you had in mind, but new Alpha based clones are
> made by Aspen Systems and sell for under $10,000 for 500MHz machines.
> There web page is www.aspsys.com. Cheaper systems should be available
> this summer based on the new 21164PC 533MHz chip from DEC. That chip
> sells for $500 in lots of 1000, and systems are expected to cost
> around $3000.
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