On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:

> On 21 Jun, linc wrote:
> 
> > OK, I have a Digital AlphaStation 200 4/233.  I know this is supposed to
> > be a 233mhz alpha machine but why in the hell is it so slow?
> 1. This machine has a 21064 CPU. The throughput per MHz of that CPU is
> lower than of a iP of the same vintage.
> 2. NetBSD uses gcc. The one and only architecture gcc produces really
> efficient code for is i386. Alpha code generated by gcc is absolutely
> suboptimal.
> 
> > It has 48 megs of ram
> Too less. 64MB is the minimum to do somthing useful. 128MB is good.
> (From my experiencve with NetBSD on an AlphaStation 200 4/166.)

OK, so what OS should I run on this thing and where can I get it so that I
can get some more performance out of this box?

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