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Date:      Wed, 03 Jun 1998 22:21:27 +0200
From:      "IBS / Andre Oppermann" <andre@pipeline.ch>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AlphaBIOS documentation
Message-ID:  <3575B047.CA3A1D46@pipeline.ch>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980603201711.421A-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>

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Doug Rabson wrote:
-snip-
> I have read most of these documents and I understand the SRM console's
> bootstrap process fairly well.  What I need to understand is the AlphaBIOS
> bootstrap process which is far less well documented.

Alpha has no BIOS in the 'Intel/PC' sense. What you need is the SROM,
it contains the power-up and initial bootstrap code.

There's a complete SKD avail. with SROM Mini-Debugger and all the stuff
you need: 
http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/mbsdkpb.pdf

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Andre Oppermann

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