Re: Now that Alpha is here......

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From: Lee Havemann
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 23:06

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In article <1992Nov13.133906.8445@engage.pko.dec.com>, jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com writes:
> 
> 
> Sorry for flaming you, but please, please, please.  
> 
> 
> Alpha is NOT a VAX, it is an entirely new architecture that was designed
> from the ground up.  It does not execute VAX instructions and the only thing
> that it has in common with a VAX is that they both run VMS.  
> 
> Thanks
> --
> 
> 
> William M. Jackson
> Workstation Product Marketing Manager
> Workstation Engineering
> Digital Equipment Corporation
> 146 Main Street
> Maynard, MA 01754
> 
> Mail:	Jackson@pravda.enet.dec.com

I pretty much know what an Alpha chip is, thank you. :-)

My reasoning is that people will be replacing their older, slower vaxen
running _VMS_ boxes for a newer, faster Alpha running _VMS_ boxes.


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Subject: Re: Now that Alpha is here......
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