[rescue] re: Alphaserver 300 or 400?

[wlewis at mailbag.com]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 02:20:29PM +0000, wlewis at mailbag.com wrote:

>> Well, after hearing the recommendations, I stopped in at the surplus shop 
and 
>> picked up an Alphaserver 300. For $30 it has:
>> 266 mhz 21164 Alpha
>21_1_64? Uuuups. Then it is different from my assumption, read _better_.
>This was a steal for that price!

Alas, my error. It is the 21064. Still more than good enough for my needs.

>> 192 mb ram
>Enoungh even this days.
True, but 72 pin partity simms aren't that expensive so I may take it 

>> Ati Mach64 video
>I don't know if this is supported by VMS or Tru64. This card is 
>possibly an NTism. To speak of NTism: ARC or SRM firmware? 
>(You want SRM, as arc is nothing else than a NT loader.)
Haven't had a chance to power it up to test the console. The manual describes 
switching from ARC to SRM if needed though. 

As for the video, the manual describes configuring the SRM for that card, so I 
am hoping that VMS/True64 support it. 

>> And I even found the manual for it on the hpaq web mess! 
>Be lucky. I was not able to get anything from gatekeeper the last
>days... :-(

Too true.
>-- 
>tsch,
>         Jochen
>
>Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/

William