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To: Paul Engel who wrote (48245)	2/3/1999 4:39:00 PM
From: G3	Respond to of 1572146

>And what complete fool would do this on an expensive Alpha Server - >only to have it run as fast as a 133 MHz Pentium machine ? Paul, Little clarification: on EV6 class machines FX!32 is running translated applications in the 300 MHz PII range. But I agree with you - the real reason someone buys an Alpha is so that their main application (provided its ported obviously) will run substantially faster than on an Intel offering. FX!32 is a safety net that allows you access to your second tier applications. Rgds, G3