On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 13:13 -0700, Rodney Mishima wrote:
>On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 12:00 -0700, Rodney Mishima wrote:
>> Since Solaris has been 64 bit for about a decade...
>
> >Linux ran on 64-bit Alpha a decade ago:
> >http://lxr.linux.no/source/arch/?v=1.2.13
>
>-- Dave
> Yes. They got there before Sun; but where are they now?
Dave,
I didn't read your post carefully enough.
You said "Linux ran on 64-bit Alpha a decade ago":
>http://lxr.linux.no/source/arch/?v=1.2.13
I was focused on only what was on my radar a decade ago. At the time,
any OS provided by DEC on the Alpha ( Open VMS, Ultrix, or DEC UNIX )
would have gotten my attention. Contenders that I was exploring
included OS/2, Win NT on RISC platforms.
My first exposure to Linux was not especially impressive, since my
graphics card was not among the chosen few that were then supported.
In hind sight, this 64 bit OS achievement sounds like a significant milestone.
Rodney
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