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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: Borg SRM? (was: Lynx test / 2nd attempt)
To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 22:52:24 +0000 (GMT)
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	diz@cafes.net (Mike Eldridge), freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
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> > I think working on non-SRM is probably top of the list; there
> > are still people manufacturing Alpha equipment that doesn't
> > have, and will never have SRM, right?
> 
> Wrong.  AlphaBIOS died when NT on Alpha died.
> 
> Terry, where have you been, and why are you getting involved in this when 
> you aren't even vaguely clued on the issues?

ARC.  Sorry, I always get the damn things confused.


> > Or do you thik pushing Compaq will work?
> 
> It's the *only* thing that's likely to work.
> 
> > Like I said elsewhere, I think there is a legal barrier to them
> > doing this, because of a contract with Microsoft.  8-(.
> 
> Funny that you can get SRM for various machines then that will boot from 
> the Adaptec controllers, eh?

Are there systems recently manufactured, for which SRM is not
available?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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