Interestingly enough, NT used the Alpha as a 32 bit processor[0]. Although NT on Alpha was used to port Windows to 64 bits in lieu of using the (very slow) Itanium simulator[1].
Actually, this was discussed on HN earlier[2], and I believe you wrote an article for The Register[3] about it :)
Interestingly enough, NT used the Alpha as a 32 bit processor[0]. Although NT on Alpha was used to port Windows to 64 bits in lieu of using the (very slow) Itanium simulator[1].
Actually, this was discussed on HN earlier[2], and I believe you wrote an article for The Register[3] about it :)
[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20170823-00/?p=96...
[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/technet-...
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35949245
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/19/first_64bit_windows/