alphas and linux

[Erik Heil]

Well, i'm not sure whether Alpha's and other machines are being made.
However, I do know for a fact that Vax and VMS are probably in what they
call "hobbiest" suport modes.  i.e. not being mmaintained anymore.

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From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: alphas and linux


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> that's because I don't think the alpha is being made anymore. I think
> most of dec's products like the alpha and vax aren't made anymore
> since they merged with hp.
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 09:33:47PM -0500,
> Sina Bahram wrote:
> > Aha I see. Thanks for that. If specific and well written applications
are
> > written for it. Then could it out perform the latest 3.2 intel?
> >
> > I hear you guys bouncing around mhz in the 500 range, when intel's all
the
> > way up to 3.2 ghz, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything, based on
my
> > question above...
> >
> > Take care,
> > Sina
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> > It's 64-bit.
> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 06:41:12PM -0500, Sina Bahram wrote:
> > > What's so special about this processor? I've seen talk about it on
> > > other sites and lists also, and I was just wondering.
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > Sina
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> > > On Behalf Of Alex Snow
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> > > Hmm...i was talking about the alpha.
> > > the alpha was a line of cpu's made by digital starting in the early
> > > 90's. I'm not sure if they're still made but they were more common in
> > > servers and high-end workstations then pc's.
> > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at
> > > 07:53:43AM -0500, Ann Parsons wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > The Elba is a note-takes/PDA which is Linux based.  It's like the
> > > > Braille-Note.
> > > >
> > > > Ann P.
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