Perhaps then, we should update http://www.NetBSD.ORG/Ports/alpha/index.html
to say (on Supported System Models) 
- o Digital Personal Workstation (``au'' series)
+ o Digital Personal Workstation (``au'' series, and ``a'' series)
?

I think that would be cool, since I had a look through Digitals
web site, and some docs there, and didn't really get the impression
that the SRM console would work on the ``a'' series.

On 916870098 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
Andrew Gallatin wrote:
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>R. C. Dowdeswell writes:
> > 
> > Just a quick question:
> > 
> > Is is possible to get the SRM console to run on a Personal Workstation 500a?
> > And if so, would it be covered under 500au support?
> > 
>
>Yes.
>
>However, it must have a Qlogic (or possibly NCR) scsi adapter in order
>to boot from a scsi disk.  Older 'a' series machines shipped with
>Adaptec scsi cards, which the SRM cannot boot from.
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 == Roland Dowdeswell
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