[rescue] Itanium (v1 not 2) any use?

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 12:48:54AM -0400, James Fogg wrote:
> > > I came across a 4-way Itanium (not Itanium 2) system.
> >
> > Where did you find that?
> 
> Yeah, they were sorta limited edition stuff.

I didn't buy it , but came across it on ebay.  Search for DL590 .

 
> > > What OSes will run on this?  Is the chip a real dog or is
> > it OK once
> > > you stay all-64bit?
> 
> I think it's Windows or nothing. Maybe a Linux port.

Seems like Debian, Suse 7, RH 7.2, RHAS 2.1 .  But things are clouded
in that some distros support Itanium I and II, some only II.

Cordially
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