Re: Cheating on Half-Flash Alphas, was RE: Everyone's SRM woes

[Eric Dittman <dittman dittman net>]

> PWS's which shipped in Nov-Dec 97, did not have SRM, This was because
> testing was not completed yet for the SRM/Unix version of the product.
> However when the updated firmware was available in very-early 98/very-late
> 97, all PWS's could receive the update and have both consoles present.  The
> only difference between the "a" and "au" are the options offered. an "a"
> could be ordered with options only supported by NT.  an "au" could be
> ordered only with options that would run on all three OS's (NT, Unix and
> VMS)

I noticed that my 500a thinks it is a 500a using AlphaBIOS and 500au
using SRM.  I prefer SRM.  The only drawback to my 500a is the system
doesn't come up if I have the cache board installed.
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman@dittman.net