cards and several messages

[Jay Estabrook]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 09:10:25PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Kurt A. Ludwig wrote:
> 
> > IIRC SRM supported the 895's but Tru64/ DU wouldnt unless it had the 
> > correct ROM chip on it. 875's worked in both but without the ROM chip 
> > complained about 'unsupported chipset'. It's been a while since I played 
> > with Alpha (2002 time frame) but this is what I remember from back then.
> 
> That's true; SRM does understand the 895.  I'd love to get my hands on an 
> EPROM image for a compatible 895 adapter...

I think it'd be more accurate to say that only *SOME* SRMs understand
the 895. The issues that determine presence of support are, I believe:

1. what controllers were available at the time, and
2. what controllers were to be sold in the box at the time.

For the original system in question, AlphaPC164 (21164A + CIA-2), the
SRM most likely never supported 895 because it was too new at the time
the last SRM version (V5.5) was built for it.

A number of other NCR controllers, ie 815 and 825 to name a couple,
were never supported by any SRM because there was no intention of ever
selling them, I believe.

 --Jay++

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