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linksnapzz on March 27, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Dec/Compaq Turbo Laser 6 AlphaServer KN7CH Pro...

These should be able to; iirc, there was special PALcode (like firmware) for the ones that ran DEC Unix/Tru64/VMS vs. the ones that were setup for NT. The NT Alphas used ARC firmware, a Turbolaser like this one would use DEC SRM.

p_l on March 27, 2022 [–]

Also, if the machine is a "full flash" not "half flash", then it can have ARC and SRM installed at the same time and SRM can use that to boot ARC-based systems as well, iirc.

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