Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 11:37:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@CS.Duke.EDU> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha questions.. Message-ID: <199705151537.LAA01984@hurricane.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <18384.863657345@time.cdrom.com> References: <199705150024.UAA01463@hurricane.cs.duke.edu> <18384.863657345@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > provided by a future Milo-like FreeBSD console program). The SRM > > console is available for every machine I can think of with the > > exception of the XL series personal workstations. For most machines, > > the SRM console is freely available from > > ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware. For EB* motherboards, > > one can order the "Alpha EBSDK and Firmware Update Kit" from Digital > > Just to note that the "Alpha PC" designs which people like Aspen > Systems ship (http://www.aspsys.com) come only with the ARC console > unless you're willing to pay $175 more for SRM. This is not made > freely available anywhere - I looked into that thoroughly before > writing out the check. :-) Actually, most of these "Alpha PC" type systems (including Aspen's Durrango & all Enorex's systems) are just re-packaged DEC AlphaPC164 or EB164 motherboards. Firmware for which is included in the above-mentioned Alpha EBSDK. Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590
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