Re: Alpha Motherboards SDK

[Robert Maynard Rhyu <bob maydesign net>]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Daniel Potts wrote:

> 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. 

I should have prefaced that I purchased the EBSDK to obtain the SRM
firmware for an (ancient) PC64-275 (EB64).  However, the Compaq sales rep
informed me that they only shipped the latest CDs with any firmware order
- apparently this is not the case :-/

Compaq still sells the EBSDK - you simply must have the part # and go
a few telephone reps before they know what you want ;-)

> 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.

Strangely enough, the SRM firmware for the PC64-275 'magically' appeared
on gatekeeper.dec.com in early Dec. 1999 while I was awaiting my EBSDK to
arrive:

	ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/interim/pc64/

The SDK portion of the EBSDK does fall under license though.

> 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.

Many thanks for the info,

Robert Rhyu
bob@maydesign.net