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IIRC even Windows NT could run on Alpha. I wonder if computing would've been different had we gotten a modern 64-bit architecture with very little legacy become
by messe 6y ago
IIRC even Windows NT could run on Alpha. I wonder if computing would've been different had we gotten a modern 64-bit architecture with very little legacy become commonplace in the 90s.
Makes me think of the Tanenbaum quote from 1992: "Of course 5 years from now that will be different, but 5 years from now everyone will be running free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5".
- icedchai 6y agoYes, Digital Unix, OpenVMS, and Windows NT all ran. You could also run Linux and FreeBSD. I worked at a DEC shop for a while in the late 90's. Alphas were speed demons. This was right before Compaq bought DEC. After that, I think things started going down hill...