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> Be careful buying old DEC Servers, if you don't have a VMS
> or Tru64 box around; when they boot, they ask for their
> MOP_MOM.  8-).  Basically, their firmware gets downloaded
> via MOP, and they need something to talk to them to be able
> to boot (MOP = Maintenance Operations Protocol).

Some annex-es do the same; but they use bootp/tftp - so as long as you can
get your mittens on the boot.bin code to put in your tftp directory you
are fine.

Dw