RE: Questions on Alpha/Linux.

[Rich Payne <rdp talisman alphalinux org>]

Well, according to the product brief, still available from Compaq' site:
http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/archives.html

it does have integrated 10/100 ethernet. 

--rdp

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Chris Boyer wrote:

> 
> 
> If it's got the onboard ethernet, it can't find it. It does however find
> the Kingston card I put in quite nicely.
> 
> C
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> On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Rich Payne spoke these perls of wisdom:
> 
> (RP>
> (RP>Should have onboard ethernet, and possibly sound? (Can't remember on the
> (RP>sound, but I know it had onboard ethernet.)
> (RP>
> (RP>--rdp
> (RP>
> (RP>On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Chris Boyer wrote:
> (RP>
> (RP>> 
> (RP>> 
> (RP>> To make matters stranger, it was givin to me. And I'm not sure where the
> (RP>> guy who gave it to me got it. This is how the MB lays out:
> (RP>> 
> (RP>> 	6 PCI slots (all 32s) 
> (RP>> 	1 ISA Slot
> (RP>> 	4 Dimms (2 banks of 2)
> (RP>> 	2 IDE (UDMA)
> (RP>> 	1 Floppy
> (RP>> 	1 MB L2 cache
> (RP>> 	
> (RP>> 	I kinda assumed it was an older board, as it doesn't have any
> (RP>> 64bit pci slots, And it seems to me that it's a little over a year old.
> (RP>> (from bios dates).
> (RP>> 
> (RP>> C
> (RP>> 
> (RP>> 
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> (RP>> | Chris Boyer             Senior Tech        Gary Speaks & Associates| 
> (RP>> | 1(541)734-9494	  1(887)734-9494     Fax: 1(541)734-9496     |
> (RP>> | ketric@gsa1.com         tech@gsa1.com      http://www.gsa1.com     |
> (RP>> | Tact, n.:        The unsaid part of what you're thinking.          |
> (RP>> +--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+ 
> (RP>> 
> (RP>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Rich Payne spoke these perls of wisdom:
> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>
> (RP>> (RP>So can we ask where you got this? I've never actually used one of these,
> (RP>> (RP>though I did know that some had been produced (at least 12 that is).
> (RP>> (RP>
> (RP>> (RP>As for a MILO, I think Jay did one. If I can find a copy I'll put it
> (RP>> (RP>up for you. Don't know if it actually works as I never had chance to test
> (RP>> (RP>it.
> (RP>> (RP>
> (RP>> (RP>--rdp
> (RP>> (RP>
> (RP>> (RP>On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Chris Boyer wrote:
> (RP>> (RP>
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> Well I've got one.. :) It's got a 525 21164PC chip on it, and it reports
> (RP>> (RP>> it's self as an RX...
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> Unless I was totaly asleep that night, which is possible.. :)
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> C
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> +--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+
> (RP>> (RP>> | Chris Boyer             Senior Tech        Gary Speaks & Associates| 
> (RP>> (RP>> | 1(541)734-9494	  1(887)734-9494     Fax: 1(541)734-9496     |
> (RP>> (RP>> | ketric@gsa1.com         tech@gsa1.com      http://www.gsa1.com     |
> (RP>> (RP>> | Tact, n.:        The unsaid part of what you're thinking.          |
> (RP>> (RP>> +--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+--=--+ 
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Hoover, Tony spoke these perls of wisdom:
> (RP>> (RP>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>an RX???  I thought that it was NEVER produced.  ( planned, but no boards
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>actually hit the streets ).  That was supposed to be the upgrade from the
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>SX, using a PCA57 (die shrunk, EV57 w/o L2 Cache, with MVI ).  I heard that
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>the reason none shipped was there was no processors for them, pin and
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>voltage in-compatible with both the EV56 (21164a), and PC56 (21164pc)
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>processors.
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>Hmmm, 
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>Good luck.
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>Tony Hoover, Network Administrator 
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>KSU - Salina, College of Technology
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>mailto:hoover@sal.ksu.edu
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>"Don't Blend in..."
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> ----------
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> From: 	Chris Boyer[SMTP:ketric@www.gsa1.com]
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> Reply To: 	axp-list@redhat.com
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> Sent: 	Wednesday, March 01, 2000 12:35 PM
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> To: 	axp-list@redhat.com
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> Subject: 	Questions on Alpha/Linux.
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> Hi, just got an alpha and wish to get some form of linux on it. But I have
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> come accross a rather large problem. I can't find but a passinig mention
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> about my motherboard in any of the Alpha/Linux docs. It's an Alpha
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> PC164RX. Could someone poing me at the correct milo image?
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> 
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> C
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> 	
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> 
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> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> | Chris Boyer             Senior Tech        Gary Speaks & Associates| 
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> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> | ketric@gsa1.com         tech@gsa1.com      http://www.gsa1.com     |
> (RP>> (RP>> (HT>> | Tact, n.:        The unsaid part of what you're thinking.          |
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