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Date:      Wed, 07 Oct 1998 20:31:03 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Don <don@calis.BlackSun.org>
Cc:        Matthew Jacob <mjacob@nas.nasa.gov>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, mjacob@sally.nas.nasa.gov, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: interesting quote from http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon/FAQ.html#A1 
Message-ID:  <199810080331.UAA00404@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 09:52:32 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.981008095110.1678B-100000@calis.BlackSun.org> 

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> > > Why we don't want to use the ARC console, hmm?
> > Yes- I agree- except that it's possible that SRM will disappear
> > for newer board level alpha products.
> 
> Do people actually like arc console? the srm console is so much easier to
> use and so much more console like in the first place. Does anyone really
> want to go the direction of menus and such by using a microsoft bios?

The problem is that the SRM console isn't available for many systems.

If we want to boot on them, we have to support ARC.

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