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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elmer who wrote (47832)1/29/1999 3:42:00 PM
From: Jean M. Gauthier  Read Replies (1) of 1583410
 
Alphas are not a choice, X86 is !

Why ?

called Binary compatibility....

It'll run NT no problem, but moving data around is a pain, as the
DAT drive will not READ an alpha-generated tape..

So alpha is no big deal, apart from VAX/DEC vertical accounts..

Take care
Jean
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