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OpenVMS Alpha Base License CPU Type |
mamf
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| Posted on March 10 2011 02:04 |
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I am planning to use "OpenVMS Alpha Hobbyist Kit V4.0" with FreeAXP
1- As the FreeAXP emulates "AlphaServer 400" any idea on which CPU Type should I use? There are more than one options* available. Is that even correct?
2- A suppose "CPU Serial Number" should be NONE, is that correct?
* Available options are:
- AlphaServer 400 4/166
- AlphaServer 400 4/233
- AlphaServer 400 4/266
- AlphaServer 400 4/300
3- Are these numbers indicating BUS speeds? |
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RE: OpenVMS Alpha Base License CPU Type |
Hein
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| Posted on March 10 2011 10:24 |
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I'm running FreeAXP now, and it shows:
$ show cpu
System: BUNDY, AlphaServer 400 4/166
CPU ownership sets:
Active 0
Configure 0
Cheers,
Hein
Hein van den Heuvel
HvdH Performance Consulting
firstnamelastname.gmail.com |
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RE: OpenVMS Alpha Base License CPU Type |
mamf
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| Posted on March 10 2011 12:12 |
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Thank you so much |
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RE: OpenVMS Alpha Base License CPU Type |
martinv2
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| Posted on March 10 2011 19:59 |
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2- A suppose "CPU Serial Number" should be NONE, is that correct?
Yep.
* Available options are:
- AlphaServer 400 4/166
- AlphaServer 400 4/233
- AlphaServer 400 4/266
- AlphaServer 400 4/300
3- Are these numbers indicating BUS speeds?
No. The "4" indicates an EV4 generation CPU, and 166,233,... are the MHz CPU speeds.
cu,
Martin
http://de.openvms.org/martinv/ |
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RE: OpenVMS Alpha Base License CPU Type |
mamf
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| Posted on March 15 2011 14:48 |
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Martin, your reply made me to check the following article on the history of Alpha processors.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/alpha.html |
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