Hello,

Jim wrote:
>And what alpha 21164 can I buy for $1800?
21164 systems are a bit more unless you assemble it yourself, I was
referring to 21164pc-based systems.

> I looked at http://www.alphapowered.com but was unable to find one.
Follow the link to "vendors":
http://www.alphapowered.com/wheretobuy_frameset.htm on the 'alphapowered'
page.

> I'm in the market for either an Intel box or _maybe_ an Alpha box.
See http://www.dcginc.com/sx.htm  or http://www.microway.com/bench.html
(special #4) for some prices.

>An Intel box seems to make more sense now, given that most new sound apps
make it to Windows and
> Wintel NT first.
See the info on the FX!32 binary emulator/translator for NT/Alpha:
http://www.digital.com/semiconductor/amt/fx32/index.html

See  the info on the EM86 binary emulator for Linux/Alpha:
http://www.digital.com/semiconductor/amt/linux/index.html

See http://www.zdnet.com/wsources/content/0598/fob_nt_explorer.html article
a/ the future of 64-bit NT 5.

Many digital I/O cards are supported under NT/Alpha and Linux/Alpha, see
http://www.4front-tech.com/osshw.html (for UN*X variants) or the NT/Alpha
hardware-compatibility list from Microsoft.

There are some Alpha vs.. Pentium II_SGI_H-P_Ultra SPARC-II benchmarks at
http://www.microway.com/bench.html
and some real-time audio Linux/Alpha benchmarks at
http://www.panix.com/~topper/Cmix/benchmarks.html

good luck

>gb141@columbia.edu wrote:
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>>             = 21164pc+system

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