Hi,
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 10:23:38PM +0300, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> > I've seen S.u.s.e Linux runs nicely on an UltraSparc (I think it was 5 or
> > 10). It was pretty fast, but I did not benchmark it against a Pentium.
>
> Yeah, me too, although I still got problems configuring the X server there
> (some sort of NCR variant of ATI card) - works really nice. There's some
> unofficial packages for it (GCC 3.1, glibc, etc)
>
> > According to Sun the new UltraSPARCS, which have slightly lesser frequency
> > than the cutting edge Pentium 4's still perform better because of the
> > superior architecture. I know Alpha run faster than a Pentium with the
> > equivalent clock speed.
>
> Oh yeah, I wish I could have a nice Alpha machine - but I doubt if I'll buy
> one since the ram for that machine is extremly expensive!...
I am not sure about putting PC RAM in Alpha, but the 72Pin SIMMs of a 6
years old AlphaServer worked just fine in a PC. Same with the SIMMs of
a 7 years old Indy (but they were only 8MB, so I left them in the Indy).
BTW, I heard you might be lucky at Compaq itself - try to ask for an old
Alpha, and you might get one for a low price (or free?). I think you have
even higher chances to get a VAX, which doesn't run Linux very well, but
does run many other interesting OSes (including, without limitation,
VMS, for which you will get a license for free, and NetBSD, which is
freeware (in both senses)).
>
> Thanks,
> Hetz
>
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