> NetBSD 1.2.1 is a patch release to NetBSD 1.2.  For a variety of
> reasons (centering around the fact that 1.2.1 was finalized ... a lot
> later than it was supposed to be, and the fact that the people who had
> volunteered to do a 1.2.1 build backed out), no 1.2.1 binaries were
> built for the Alpha.

1.2.1 doesn't build right out of the box on Alpha.
I didn't try very hard, more urgent fish to fry...
It might not take much to get it working.

1.2 kernels build just fine.

-Dave