alphas and linux

[Sina Bahram]

Ok, but how would the alpha's 500 compare to a regular intel 500 persay, or
something like that?

Take care,
Sina

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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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> > 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:
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