Subject: Re: offtopic: looking for something beyond an axppci33
To: None <nick.maniscalco@alfalaval.com>
From: William Bradford <mrbill@frenzy.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/23/1998 11:29:43
On Thu, Jul 23, 1998 at 09:08:37AM +0100, nick.maniscalco@alfalaval.com wrote:
>      Hmm...you mean the specint and specfp ratings are close to that of a 
>      ppro200 512k?
>      I may look into this...
>      Thanks,
>      Nick

My AlphaStation 200 4/166 runs more like a Pentium 100 or a Sparc5/110.
Nowhere near my PPro166 running a pc-based *nix.  Not even close.

Its a nice machine tho, the girlfriend can have the wintel box. 8-)

Bill

> www.Onsale.com is selling DEC AlphaStation 200/233's for about $350-$400 
> bucks....
> It's a 233mhz 21064-based machine, the 166mhz version is equivelant to a 
> PPro/200 (512k version).  They are pretty damn potent little machines, much 
> faster than a 21066-based machine like a Multia/UDB.

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Bill Bradford * mrbill@frenzy.com
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