OT: NT on Alpha (was RE: 32-bit gcc help)

Donsbach, Jeff jeff.donsbach at hp.com
Thu Jul 8 03:28:57 UTC 2004


64 bit NT for Alpha never made it out of MS development labs. Ok,
actually, I think MS did demo 64 bit SQL Server on 64 bit NT on Alpha
back in like 1998. But the product never made it to users hands. Even
the Win2K bits released via MSDN before Compaq and MS pulled the plug
were still 32 bit.

Jeff D

-----Original Message-----
From: axp-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:axp-list-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of George France
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:30 PM
To: axp-list at redhat.com
Cc: Stephen Williams
Subject: Re: 32-bit gcc help

Windows NT/Alpha was 64bit, not 32. The product announce is at the URL
below:

http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/16872/16872.html





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