cards and several messages

[Maurice Hilarius]

It just so happens we have 1 or 2 old Intraserver cards in stock which 
DO support TRU64 and this.
They are rare as they had a special ROM to support TRU64 and VMS on Alpha.


Steven N. Hirsch wrote:

>On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Jay Estabrook wrote:
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>>On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 09:10:25PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Kurt A. Ludwig wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>>
>>>That's true; SRM does understand the 895.  I'd love to get my hands on an 
>>>EPROM image for a compatible 895 adapter...
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>>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.
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>In my case, I am running a UP2000+ with SRM 5.8.  SRM seems to handle the 
>895 just fine, correctly identifying the chip and all attached devices.  
>Tru64 5.1B panics at boot, however.  I cannot seem to find any common or 
>reasonably priced U2W or U160 controller which is supported by Tru64 on 
>this platform.
>
>Steve
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