27 Apr
2006
27 Apr
'06
10:44 a.m.
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:41:25 -0500
"Dave Dunfield" <dave06a at dunfield.com> wrote:
AlphaBIOS 5.60-3
AlphaPC 164LX
Processor: Digital ALPHA 21164, 466Mhz
Well, this is a 164LX board obviously. Feed
google with "164LX Alpha"
and you will see...
Can anyone tell me more information about this system.
Google... Here is an overview:
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/alpha/models.html#eb164-family
The is evidence of SCSI, as there is a SCSI CD-drive,
and
some of the configuration options reference SCSI, however
there is no SCSI controller - what type of controller do I need
for it?
Any NCR / Symbios SCSI adapter of 53C8xx vintage should do. For network
try to get a DEC DE500. An other DEC Tulip based card (DECchip
21[01]4[012]) may do also.
Note that you will need SRM firmware for anything other then WindowsNT
or Linux. Some machines have an option in the AlphaBIOS to switch to
"UNIX mode". Other machines need a flash update or dirty tricks.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/