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>> having Alpha rights....  If you get an ARC boot for the PC164LX, that
>> will be even better (and $2000 cheaper).  Then we could use Adaptec cards,
>> too, I know they have ARC boot support for them :).
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>DEC has now made the SRM console for the PC164, PC164LX, and PC164SX avaliable
>on ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/v5.0 .  I don't think 
>NetBSD runs on either the 164LX, or 164SX though.

What is the 164SX?  Also, just out of curiosity, I downloaded the SRM firmware,
and installed it.  It seems to work so far (i have yet to boot an OS), so
is it possible that I have a version of the chip that does not care?  Or will
it break later on if it really is an "NT only" chip?

Chris