There are jumpers in the motherboard that can be used to bring the 
default resolution to 640x480. Some resellers of UDB hardware, like dcg 
have these settings on their WWW sites, http://www.dcginc.com/ajr.htm

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On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Pat Jensen - System Manager wrote:

> 
> I also, have a DEC easy web server.  Which runs NetBSD/alpha fine, just tell
> it in the firmware to switch to Digital UNIX/OSF, and then use the boot
> command to boot the image once rawritten (I did it on an Intel FreeBSD
> box).
> 
> Anyone know how to switch display res?  If I use some standard SVGA
> monitor, the display wiggs - I guess its using some high clock or something.
> 
> The NT firmware displays fine, but the OSF/Unix firmware flickers..
> 
> -Pat
> 
> On Tue, 30 Jul 1996, Christofer M. Metyko wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 	I have a DEC Alpha that doesn't exist...  As I understand, DEC
> > made about 5,000 of these "Easy Web Servers," but then at the last moment
> > decided not to support them.  Subsequently they sold them at cost which is
> > where I got mine.  I think it's a "Multia."  It comes with 32 MB RAM, a
> > 1.+ GIG HD, a Floppy, an Ethernet card (10bT, AUI, BNC), a SCSI port, a
> > parallel port, a serial port, and two PCMCIA ports (the SCSI is in the
> > DEC's only PCI slot).  The reason I tell you all of that is because I
> > don't know for sure what model it is.  From all that I have read, it 
> > sounds like it's a 166 mHz "Multia" (oh yeah, it is a 166 mHz CPU), but 
> > it came with absolutely zero documentation-- actually, it comes with a 
> > regulatory power compliance sheet, a pictorial on how to hook-up the 
> > key-board, etc, another pictorial on how to install more 72pin SIMMs, and 
> > a "How to setup Netscape Communciations Server Software."  It comes 
> > preloaded with NT 3.51 on it...
> > 
> > 
> > I want to put NetBSD on it, and I have read all of the 
> > www.netbsd.org...alpha stuff on the topic.
> > 
> > I FTP'd the "rz25-image" and uncompressed it and then put the 400+ MB 
> > file on the Dec.
> > 
> > Uh...  now what?  This is where I get really, really confussed...
> > 
> > I'm not sure if I should fiddle around in the boot-setup-program (that 
> > gives me different options, such as, what OS to load, to run a program, 
> > to set-up some configuration information, etc.)-- or to take a different 
> > route.
> > 
> > If I were to follow the directions in the NetBSD/Alpha/Readme, then I 
> > need an NT-Alpha ``dd'' command...  hmmmm.
> > 
> > Please help.
> > 
> > I understand if you are busy and do not have time for detailed 
> > descriptions and step-by-step procedures--  I just need a little hint...
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > Chris.
> > 
> 
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