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  1. Xref: sparky vmsnet.alpha:140 comp.sys.dec:7095
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!olivea!sgigate!sgiblab!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!cc.curtin.edu.au!zrepachol
  3. From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au
  4. Newsgroups: vmsnet.alpha,comp.sys.dec
  5. Subject: Re: No 64-bit OpenVMS soon?
  6. Message-ID: <1993Jan24.050610.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
  7. Date: 23 Jan 93 20:06:10 GMT
  8. References: <1993Jan15.194312.3438@sol.UVic.CA> <1993Jan18.172458.24506@eco.twg.com> <1993Jan18.211506.27601@oracle.pnl.gov> <1993Jan18.234713.1225@cmkrnl.com> <C18sLv.JwM@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
  9. Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager)
  10. Organization: Curtin University of Technology
  11. Lines: 13
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  13. In article <C18sLv.JwM@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>, silverm@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Jeff Silverman) writes:
  14. ...
  15. > Several people have pointed out that anybody interested in building something
  16. > around an Alpha obviously isn't building a minimal microprocessor.
  17. > 
  18.  
  19. Why? I have been toying with an alarm clock based on a 21064.
  20. Of course, its main purpose in life is to cause Dec saleks and marketrriods
  21. to throw up. :-)
  22.  
  23. ~Paul
  24.  
  25. PS Should I put a RS-5?? or an SCI on it? Which has the lower chip count?
  26.