> It's not accident Digital has the similar register naming convention
> and similar names of compiler tool in DU/OSF1.  They started building
> Alpha development by picking up MIPS, then gradually replaced it with
> their own.  Compiler itself was revised with GEM later.  Old timer
> ULTRIXer did remember Digital provided MIPS binary interpreter mrx.

Just thinking, some of the VAXstations4000 had a TC option available, did   
they do the same thing with the VAX as the Alpha?

jam