kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com writes:
> 	I just got my first ever Alpha system. It's a DEC 3000/600, and 
> it looks like it's pretty well loaded. It has the PMAG-C frame buffer, 
> an RZ26, and four of those 100-pin SIMMs (I have no clue how 
> much actual memory this is).
>
> [ ... ]
>
> 	Soooooo.... what, exactly, have I got, and will the Alpha port of 
> NetBSD run with it?

You have a "Sandpiper+".  I don't recall whether that has a 21064 or
21064A CPU, but it'll have one of them.

NetBSD/alpha was initially ported to that exact type of machine.

AFAIK, you'll need to use a serial console on it in order to make it
go, but other than that it should work great.

That hardware was a real workhorse.  Certainly, by today's standards
it's not particularly fast, but back in 1993-1994 it was nice.  Those
boxes have better memory bandwidth than most of the 21064{,A}-based
PCI workstations, too.



cgd
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