See below for a successful netboot of 1.3 on a Multia. 
Careful observation will show that this box runs newer
SRM than is available on gatekeeper.

I'll try to find out if this firmware can be made available
as-is to the outside world (outside Digital that is). It has
never been formally released but sofar (very little testing
on my part) it at least BOOTPs successfully

Wilko
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Script started on Mon Nov 24 23:55:14 1997

starting console on CPU 0
initialized idle PCB
initializing semaphores
initializing heap
initial heap 1c0c0
memory low limit = 14a000
heap = 1c0c0, 17fc0
initializing driver structures
initializing idle process PID
XDELTA enabled.
initializing file system
initializing 8259s
initializing timer data structures
lowering IPL
CPU 0 speed is 6.00 ns (167MHz)

Powerup process has started
CPU ID = 0
Initialize configuration locks etc.
Configure the memory
Initialising ISA/PCI interrupts.
Configure the PCI Bus
Start tt class, port (graphics, keyboard, then serial) drivers
entering idle loop
DEC AXPpci166 MT Common Console X4.5-780, built on Feb 23 1996 at 22:03:13
change stdin/out/err channels from nl to tt
CPU = 166 Mhz LCA
Cache size = 256 K
Memory size = 32 Meg
Testing Memory from 8 to 32 meg...
Start driver phase 4
Build this processor's slot in the hwrpb
Init SCSI class driver
Start driver phase 5
Network is connected to the AUI port.

dka100.1.0.6.0             DKA100                        RZ28B  0006
dka200.2.0.6.0             DKA200                         RZ28  T436
ewa0.0.0.8.0               EWA0              08-00-2B-E2-C1-C8
pka0.7.0.6.0               PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7

>>>b ewa0
(boot ewa0.0.0.8.0 -flags 0)

Trying BOOTP boot.

Broadcasting BOOTP Request...
Received BOOTP Packet File Name is: /local/netbsd-1.3/netboot.alpha.multia
local inet address: 192.168.200.8
remote inet address: 192.168.200.1
TFTP Read File Name: /local/netbsd-1.3/netboot.alpha.multia
..
bootstrap code read in
base = 158000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 156d0
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 14a000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/Alpha Network Boot, Revision 1.6
(root@academic.cynic.net, Thu Nov  6 12:09:07 PST 1997)

VMS PAL revision: 0x1000000010535
OSF PAL rev: 0x100000002012d
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.

Boot flags: 0

Loading netbsd...
boot: ethernet address: 08:00:2b:e2:c1:c8
boot: client addr: 192.168.200.8
boot: client name: 
boot: server addr: 192.168.200.1
boot: server path: /local/netbsd-1.3

Entering netbsd at 0xfffffc0000300000...
Unrecognized boot flag '0'.
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA (GENERIC) #0: Thu Nov  6 02:27:02 PST 1997
    cjs@academic.cynic.net:/usr1/netbsd/co/branch/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/GENERIC
Alpha PC AXPpci33 ("NoName"), 166MHz
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
real mem = 33554432 (2367488 reserved for PROM, 31186944 used by NetBSD)
avail mem = 21217280
using 380 buffers containing 3112960 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21066 (pass 2)
lca0 at mainbus0
pci0 at lca0 bus 0
ncr0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0: ncr 53c810 fast10 scsi
ncr0: interrupting at isa irq 11
ncr0: minsync=25, maxsync=206, maxoffs=8, 16 dwords burst, normal dma fifo
ncr0: single-ended, open drain IRQ driver
ncr0: restart (scsi reset).
scsibus0 at ncr0: 8 targets
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <DEC, RZ28B    (C) DEC, 0006> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: sd0(ncr0:1:0): 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)
2007MB, 3045 cyl, 16 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4110480 sectors
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 2 lun 0: <DEC, RZ28     (C) DEC, T436> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd1: sd1(ncr0:2:0): 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)
2007MB, 3045 cyl, 16 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4110480 sectors
sio0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: Intel 82378ZB System I/O (SIO) (rev. 0x03)
de0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0
de0: interrupting at isa irq 10
de0: DEC 21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.3
de0: address 08:00:2b:e2:c1:c8
tga0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: DC21030 step B, board type T8-02
tga0: 1024 x 768, 8bpp, Bt485 RAMDAC
tga0: interrupting at isa irq 15
wscons0 at tga0
isa0 at sio0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
alpha_shared_intr_establish: isa irq 4: warning: using edge-triggered on level-triggered
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
alpha_shared_intr_establish: isa irq 3: warning: using edge-triggered on level-triggered
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pcprobe: reset error 1
pckbd0 at pcppi0
pms0 at pcppi0
mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
nfs_boot: trying BOOTP/DHCP
de0: enabling AUI/BNC port
nfs_boot: my_domain=iaf.nl
nfs_boot: my_addr=0xc0a8c808
root on :/local/netbsd-1.3
root file system type: nfs
Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: 
Shared object "libtermcap.so.0" not found
Don't login as root, use the su command.
# ifconfig 0a^H^H      -a
de0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        address: 08:00:2b:e2:c1:c8
        media: autoselect (10base5/AUI) status: active
        inet 192.168.200.8 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.200.255
lo0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 33200
ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ppp1: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ppp2: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ppp3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
sl1: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
sl2: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
sl3: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 296
# halt
Nov  8 18:49:08 init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
syncing disks... done
halted.

Script done on Tue Nov 25 00:01:49 1997
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