Subject: Re: Source for AlphaPC 164SX?
To: None <port-alpha@NetBSD.ORG>
From: nm <nmanisca@vt.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/24/1998 08:26:08
At 02:06 AM 4/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>[ On Thu, April 23, 1998 at 22:43:38 (-0700), Jason Thorpe wrote: ]
>> Subject: Re: Source for AlphaPC 164SX? 
>>
>> On Thu, 23 Apr 1998 23:43:04 -0400 (EDT) 
>>  woods@most.weird.com (Greg A. Woods) wrote:
>>  >
>>  > [ On Thu, April 23, 1998 at 22:55:32 (-0400), nm wrote: ]
>>  > > Subject: Re: Source for AlphaPC 164SX?
>>  > >
>>  > > i have a semi broken srm install on my axppci33 i fear :(
>>  > > do you have the aforementioned fail safe floppy and the
>>  > > related update floppy?
>>  > 
>>  > Both (for SRM V3.8) are available from digital:
>>  > 
>>  >     ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/interim/multia/
>> 
>> Um, this is NOT AXPpci33 firmware!  Try this:
>> 
>>      ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/v5.1/decaxppci33/
>
>Oops!  I'd gotten so wrapped up in discussing my woes with the Multia
>that I forgot nm was talking about a different kind of machine!
>
>Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be anything resembling the Multia's
>FSL boot floppy image available for the axppci33 in any of the
>subdirectories there.  Perhaps there's no such thing as a FSL mode on
>that machine.  However since I know nothing about the axppci33 I'd
>better stop now before I dig in any deeper!  ;-)

well according to my little axppci33 manual there is one...
also the multia's partially boots, it just shows a little version
string ;)

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