NetBSD/distrib/notes/alpha/whatis

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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.4 1999/01/13 07:30:02 ross Exp $
There have been many, many Alpha-specific enchancements since the
1.2 release. These include:
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Supporting more system types (including the 8200/8400).
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Making many more device drivers (mostly from the i386 port)
work on the alpha.
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Changing the object file format from COFF to ELF, and adding
shared library support
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NetBSD \*V on alpha is, as usual, also fully backward compatible
with old NetBSD/alpha binaries, so you don't need to recompile all
your local programs.