Re: alpha performance
"Gabriel M. Beddingfield" <[email protected]>
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On Friday 28 January 2005 05:42 pm, Nick Smith wrote:
> im new to the list, so im sorry if this has been asked before. but how
> does gentoo handle alpha equipment, specificly DEC Personal Workstation
> 500.
It handles very well.
> how does it handle the 64bit?
There really isn't a 64th bit. Bit numbering starts at 0, so bits are 0-63.
Gentoo uses all 64 of the bits, too.
> does it fly?
Yours may be modified, but the stock DEC Personal Workstation 500 did not come
equipped with any aeronautical devices or enhancements. Sad to say, it's
just a computer. At 500MHz, it will probably feel like a PIII 900MHz (viz.
http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.ps)
> i know nothing about
> alpha hardware and am about to get the machine and really want to put
> gentoo on it. any info i should know about gentoo and alpha?
RTFM.
Gentoo is generally not for Linux newbies. If you're new to Linux, try one of
the other 64-bit distros (like Fedora, SuSe, and IIRC Red Hat). See
www.alphalinux.org.
If you're adventurous -- go for it!
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