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Date:      Mon, 01 Jun 1998 12:47:42 -0700
From:      Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AlphaBIOS documentation 
Message-ID:  <199806011947.MAA28239@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>

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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:07:36 +0100 (BST) 
 Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> wrote:

 > Again, I am not using NT palcode.  When I write it, the ARC bootloader
 > will switch to OSF palcode before running the kernel.

And, in fact, you would not be able to use the NT PALcode, really.  The
functionality provided by the NT PALcode is really out in space, and makes
the Alpha look way too much like a MIPS for my taste :-)

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