Subject: Re: Q: Compaq, *BSD and 'Linux-only' AlphaBIOS (fwd)
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/05/1999 16:24:45
> On Sat, 04 Dec 1999 17:26:49 -0800
> Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
>
> > If you know something I don't about Alpha Processor Inc's machines, I'd
> > love to hear it. They are only shipping AlphaBIOS, since there is MILO
> > code for their systems.
>
> Only their 21164 systems, right?
>
> Their 21264 (264DP) has an SRM for it!
As I said, "if you know something I don't". 8) At the time of writing
I was under the impression that they'd given up on SRM with the PC164LX
boards. I'm extremely happy to have been proven wrong (and I've
scribbled a whole pile of stuff off my API to-do list).
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