On February 6, Huw Davies wrote:
> >What is your opinion of the DS10 Alpha as an entry level
> >current "production" machine. I was thinking that my
> >next acquisition might be something more contemporary.
> >I found an interesting reference to one here:
> >
> >http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/Resources/Computing/halley.html
> >
> >... which got me interested.
>
> Nice box although I think they are a little overpriced (but this is
> probably due to the cost of the alpha chip more than anything else). Choice
Overpriced for that level of performance? I disagree.
> of at least three operating systems (OpenVMS, Tru64 and Linux). Wouldn't
> surprise me if one of the BSDs ran too. Inbuilt ethernet and unless I'm
> mistaken, IDE disks can be used if you want to save a few dollars.
You can indeed use IDE disks on a DS10...if you want to trash the I/O
performance of the system.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Received on Wed Feb 06 2002 - 12:50:50 GMT