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(der_der_der_der_der_british_airfield, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:33, archived)
# The worst thing
about Compaq buying Digital and then HP buying Compaq (you can call it a merger if you like ;) is that THEY KILLED THE ALPHA. The GREATEST CPU ARCHITECTURE THERE'S EVER BEEN. Boo :(
(cattleprod, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:37, archived)
# The alpha was pretty good, aye.
I'm still very fond of PowerPC and ARM, though, and they're not doing so bad...
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:39, archived)
# Except
That you can't run FreeBSD on either of those two...
(cattleprod, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:40, archived)
# Edit: WRONG!
Click me

Besides, PowerPC will very soon be running AmigaOS native. Now, THAT is going to be FAST.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:42, archived)
# PowerPC
is a 68000 in a dress, right?

[Edit: 'What is the current status?

FreeBSD/PowerPC currently is on the verge of booting to single-user mode.'

I don't think this counts as 'running' on this platform ;)]
(cattleprod, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:44, archived)
# heh,
Geeks.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:45, archived)
# You say it
like it's a bad thing ;)
(cattleprod, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:49, archived)
# Well
68000 am the bestest (for its era).

Its kind of 68k-a-like, but different. PowerPC has 32 64bit general purpose registers, 32 80 bit float registers, and 32 Vector registers (if altivec is present).

And they kick ass.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:47, archived)
# I actaully used to admin an Alpha box.
in fact, I think it's still sat in a cupboard somewhere...
(I helped save b3ta! itwontbeeasy, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:39, archived)
# Don't wanna sell it
do ya? I keep bidding for 'em on eBay but the price tends to spiral rapidly beyond anything I could possibly justify to my GF...
(cattleprod, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:42, archived)
# I'll see it
its a) still around and b) still functioning.

(I helped save b3ta! itwontbeeasy, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 17:03, archived)
# justifying alpha's to gf's
isn't necessary. My boyfriend just went ahead and bought an alpha from ebay, spending vast amounts of money on it. Oh well.
(meep, Mon 13 Jan 2003, 18:30, archived)