Re: Alpha recommendations
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 06:04:48AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
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>
> Hi,
>
> I am seriously considering a new Alpha in the 600 MHz range as my next
> computer. The benchmarks I've seen indicate that such a machine will
> easily trounce a Dual PII/450 that I had been looking at, and the
I am very pro-alpha, BUT - please RUN BENCHMARKS before buying. If you
use Fortran, you may well see NOT so great results (I have)...
> * Is there a Netscape available for Alpha? I've never seen anything
> but i386 binaries on their site. If not, what does everybody
> do for a web browser??
Yes, you can use the DU copy of netscape.
> * There exists an emulator for Alpha that can run i386 binaries.
> (I met the guy that wrote it at LinuxExpo). Does it run well with
> Debian?
Yes, there is (em86). I've NOT run it, but some people like it.
> * What are good vendors of Alpha-based Linux systems? So far, I've
> found Linux Hardware Solutions, Microway, and Aspen Systems. Aspen
> Systems seems very reluctant to give out prices on their website
> (hmmm). LHS seems to be about $150 cheaper than Microway. Anybody
> had experience with these, or other, vendors?
I have had good experience with Aspen, who were very helpful and prompt
answering tech support questions and who are quite willing to mail you
a price quote.
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