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1. It's a me (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 15:29:19 EST It's a me
   DEC Alpha is like "Do you miss me yet?"
   1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 15:31:13 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

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      @feld I do! a company sent me an evaluation server with dual Alphas in it for six months after the comdex I first saw them at and it was amaze (but I could no afford then)

      1. Vertigo (vertigo@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 15:55:50 EST Vertigo

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         @djsundog @feld RISC-V currently inherits much of Alpha's design philosophy, and seems to be the natural heir to Alpha's throne.

         Whenever you hear of RISC-V code running in "M-Mode" or "Machine Mode", that's our version of PALcode, for instance. ;)

         1. DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 15:57:16 EST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

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            @vertigo @feld I am looking forward to allowing myself to move on to risc-v learning :)

         2. MaineBot (mainebot@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2018 15:58:12 EST MaineBot

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            @vertigo @djsundog @feld

            How many times am I allowed to make the same RISC-V business joke in a day?