In  <01BB6A9E.66467090@hd48-210.compuserve.com> , you wrote:

> Hi all
> =

> I'm thinking of buying an Alpha XL 300. Does NetBSD run on these machin=
e.
> Is the new processor supported in NetBSD and OpenBSD, and what about th=
e
> software? I'm also not sure if there is an X Server supporting the Matr=
ox
> card. Can someone give me some information on that?

The Alpha XL's don't support the SRM console which is required for =

NetBSD/alpha.  (Linux has it's own private PALcode which allows to avoid
this problem).  The Matrox card is not supported by XFree86 so it's not
usable as well.

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