Re: Alpha Motherboards SDK

[Daniel Potts <danielp cse unsw edu au>]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Maurice Hilarius wrote:
> 
> MANY Thanks to Robert Rhyu!!
> I searched the online parts system at Compaq with the number he quoted, and 
> some wild cards and got the following active part numbers and descriptions.
> All are shown as active parts.
> 
> 
>    Part 
> Number  Description:                                                 Status:
> 
>    QR-21B02-02  ALPHA SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS KIT         A
>    QR-21B02-03  Alpha EB S/W Dev Kit;Frmwr V2                     A
>    QR-21B02-30  SPICE Models for Alpha Chips                        A

Except that V4.0 (QR-21B02-04, I think) is the latest SDK, and actually
attempting to purchase ANY version from Compaq is a no-go. They no longer
have it available for sale since the Alpha OEM division was sold off. 
However, Compaq are allowed ?! to give copies to selected customers... I'm
interested as to why they don't make it available online, most of the
stuff on the CD appears re-distributable.

QR-21B02-02 contains tools and sample PALcode for systems upto 21164 as
far as I remember - getting the src and tools for MILO is about the same
:). V4.0 contains 21264 sample PALcode and tools as mentioned in the
product brief.  I dont know what QR-21B02-03 contains.

Cheers,
Daniel