Subject: Re: Alpha notebook
To: Martin Husemann <martin@rumolt.teuto.de>
From: Jonathan J. M. Katz <jkatz@in.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 09/13/1996 17:54:57
Very funny ;-)

>From what I heard it the Tadpole was only running VMS when it was released
with DEC Unix support "to come". I may be wrong on this one. I know someone
from the Linux camp was trying to make it work on this box, but I forget
who. NOTE: if you need to mail the Linux people use axp-list@redhat.com
instead of axplinux@vger.rutgers.edu. vger is overworked from what I hear.

-Jon

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> From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
> To: Martin Husemann <martin@rumolt.teuto.de>
> Cc: port-alpha@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Alpha notebook 
> Date: Friday, September 13, 1996 5:39 PM
> 
> > I found an intersting new machine, described at 
> > 
> > 	http://www.tadpole.com/Products/alphads.html
> > 
> > Are there any chances, NetBSD will run on this?
> 
> Well, i suppose there's a chance (if it supports the OSF/1 PALcode),
> since NetBSD runs on hardware that (at least in terms of CPU, etc.) is
> very similar 
> 
> 
> I'd guess that it either behaves like an axppci33 (i.e. multia, udb,
> and several other similar systems) or like an eb6[68]*.  If the former
> (and if OSF/1 PALcode is present), it should Just Work (modulo power
> management stuff which may cause headaches).  If the latter, it won't
> work yet.
> 
> 
> Given the specs i saw on it, X won't run on it (PCI VGA) but that's
> no big surprise.
> 
> 
> If you want to buy me one, i'll do what I can to make it work...  8-)
> 
> 
> chris
> 
> 
> 
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