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Date:      Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:59:49 -0700
From:      Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        Robert Huff <rhuff@cybercom.net>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PALcode 
Message-ID:  <199810142159.OAA11561@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>

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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:44:52 +0100 (BST) 
 Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> wrote:

 > Does anyone know what proportion of alpha boxes sold run Linux/*BSD
 > instead of NT?  It might be worthwhile for Compaq to put a copy of the OSF
 > palcode into the AlphaBIOS firmware to make life easier for Linux/*BSD.  
 > Wait a second - that makes too much sense :-(.

Are you kidding?  That would make it possible for non-Digital^WCompaq
boards to run Digital UNIX (formerly DEC OSF/1).

Why do you think they don't include it?

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