On Sat, 28 Jun 1997 23:07:44 +0200 (MET DST) 
 Magnus Ahltorp <Magnus.Ahltorp@abc.se> wrote:

 > I would glove to load the latest snapshot, but I can't find any binaries.
 > And since I don't have a NetBSD/alpha, I'm quite stuck. Do you know where
 > I can find suitable binaries?

On ftp.NetBSD.ORG:

ftp> pwd
257 "/pub/NetBSD/arch/alpha/970423/bin" is current directory.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 203920
-rw-r--r--  1 238  users  34086449 Apr 23 14:58 bin.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 238  users  52049123 Apr 23 15:52 diskimage.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 238  users     77501 Apr 23 14:58 etc.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 238  users    126183 Apr 23 05:49 mdec-ECOFF-970305.tar.gz
-rwxr-xr-x  1 238  users   2520667 Apr 23 11:47 netbsd.gdb.gz
-rwxr-xr-x  1 238  users    793502 Apr 23 11:47 netbsd.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 238  users  14634957 Apr 23 15:07 x11.tar.gz
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> 

"bin.tar.gz" is the entire binary set, and includes new boot programs.
>From the date on the mdec-ECOFF... file, I'd guess the boot blocks in
bin.tar.gz:./usr/mdec are newer...

 > I know. I have learnt from the NetBSD/alpha FAQ that I should update my
 > firmware, but the problem is that the floppy drive is quite broken. Are
 > there other ways of updating the firmware?

Ugh, I don't know of any other way to update the firmware...

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