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From: "Patrick Moran" <pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Overclocking, Linux issues: was Re: About Micro$quash...
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:06:24 -0700
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Hi Mark,

The ads I got in snail mail from DEC a few tears ago only had VMS and NT as
listed options for OS. Maybe later they offered other OSes or maybe it was
special orderfor the other OSes. This was for the Alpha AXP (APX?) You could
also get a plug-in Pentium card for it to run MS crap if you wanted it.

Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Tucker" <tuckerm AT tucker DOT net>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 4:50 AM
Subject: Re: Overclocking, Linux issues: was Re: About Micro$quash...


> > > Thats not what I meant.  I know they build computers that will run NT,
> > > but what I meant was the OS.  I think VMS will run on the Alpha
> > > processor, BTW.
> >
> > NT and VMS are both OS. Yes VMS is the other OS that is sold with the
Alpha.
> > I believe the price is around $2000 for VMS.
>
> The "other" OS?  You're forgetting about a little thing called
> OSF/Dec Unix/True64.  I've always thought about NT on the Alpha as an
> afterthought.  Apparently, so did MS.
>
> +======================+
> | Mark Tucker          |
> | mark AT tucker DOT net      |
> +======================+
>


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