I have a PC164 motherboard, and had to find a display card for the 
alpha that was supported by NetBSD - I found an old S3 PCI card, just to
get the beast started and configured.
I used a standard keyboard, mouse, and it came up just fine.
I also accessed it via the serial port, worked fine there to.
Have to make sure of the cable wiring, I had a pc on one end so
I needed null-modem, I used a connector that allowed me to play with
the wiring to getthe null modem setup.
Good luck!!
That 264 is probably going to be great fun!!
bob


Yutaka KAWASE wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your help, bob.
> 
> Actually, I was tring to use keybord connected to the Alpha and
> looking into display plugged into the Alpha. I will connect a PC to
> the Alpha via a serial cable and try. I didn't know that it is the way
> to do.
> 
> --
> Yutaka KAWASE <yutaka@chatnoir.net>
> 
> -- Original Message --
> From: hg/jb <shsrms@bellatlantic.net>
> Subject: Re: Installing on non-DEC/compaq machine
> Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 21:38:39 -0400
> Message-ID: <3965349F.E41A1701@bellatlantic.net>
> 
> > >From your note, it seems you are not using the serial console, I think.
> > If you aren't try that, using comm1 port.
> > If you are, then your cable might be hooked up wrong.
> > hope this helps
> > just bob
> >
> >
> > Yutaka KAWASE wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I tied to install NetBSD on alpha for the first time.
> > >
> > > The machine has DP264 motherbord and SRM firmware.
> > >
> > > I used the two floppy disks to boot installation kernel.
> > >
> > > The machine start booting and asked me what terminal type am I using
> > > with the default value VT100.
> > >
> > > I hit enter but no response. Then I tried to type 'VT100' but no echo
> > > back on the display. It seems the machine does not accept my input.
> > >
> > > So, I went to www.netbsd.org and looked into Alpha FAQ but nothing
> > > useful I could find out.
> > >
> > > Now what should I do?
> > >
> > > I hope this is a common question.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help in advance.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Yutaka KAWASE <0yutaka0@bekkoame.ne.jp>