Re: Compatible Hardware (Was: Re: RealTek NIC on alpha?)
Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:45:26 -0400
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 04:42:00PM +0200, Marc Giger wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Since a long time I asking me, which PC-Hardware is compatible with Alpha's? All? Is it just a question if the driver exists for this architecture?
> I know that the Alpha's has the same buses and are also little Endian like Intel (right?).
>
> So as example I could take an ATI Radeon or an Adaptec 29160 SCSI Controller, put it into an Alpha and it works?
Most PCI and AGP cards work.
Video controllers, PCI or AGP, are special. They may or may not work,
depending on what's in their video BIOS.
Jeff
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