About NetBSD/alpha  

NetBSD/alpha is a true 64-bit system that fully implements the LP64 architecture, using 64-bit pointers and 64-bit long integers (standard integers are still 32 bits) in a linear four terabyte (4TB) address space. NetBSD/alpha was the first free OS to run on the Alpha and supports by far the largest number of alpha system types of any free OS.

NetBSD runs on almost all of the existing alpha systems, including some of the more unusual ones with proprietary or legacy bus architectures, such as the large-scale 8400, all of the TURBOchannel systems, the 4100 series, and the EISA-only Jensen.

Easily installed binary distributions of NetBSD/alpha are available for the 2.0 release and for snapshots of NetBSD-current.

NetBSD/alpha Information

• NetBSD/alpha FAQ
• Notes on Supported System Models
• NetBSD/alpha History
• Developers and Development Funding
• Chris Demetriou's Alpha documentation references
• The NetBSD Diskless HOWTO

Mailing Lists

• The NetBSD/alpha mailing list, covering NetBSD's port to Digital's Alpha (64-bit) machines:
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Current Releases

• NetBSD/alpha 2.0.2 via FTP
• NetBSD/alpha 2.0.2 Install Notes
• NetBSD/alpha 1.6.2 pre-built binary packages via the NetBSD Packages Collection
• NetBSD 2.0.2 release announcement
• NetBSD/alpha changes to 2.0
• Changes from NetBSD 1.6 to NetBSD 2.0
• NetBSD FTP Mirror Sites
• NetBSD on CD-ROM

Future Releases

• NetBSD/alpha changes from from 2.0 to 3.0
• binary snapshots of NetBSD-current

Related Links

• Mail the NetBSD/alpha port maintainer

  NetBSD/alpha News  

2004-12-09:   NetBSD 2.0 released

NetBSD 2.0 released with support for 48 architectures. More information is available in the 2.0 release announcement.

2004-03-01:   NetBSD 1.6.2 released

NetBSD 1.6.2 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.2 release announcement.

2003-04-21:   NetBSD 1.6.1 released

NetBSD 1.6.1 released with support for 40 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6.1 release announcement.

2002-09-14:   NetBSD 1.6 released

NetBSD 1.6 released with support for 39 architectures. More information is available in the 1.6 release announcement.

Archive of NetBSD/alpha news items

  Supported System Models  

Systems for which support was added in NetBSD 1.4 are marked (1.4). Systems for which support was added in NetBSD 1.5 are marked (1.5).