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--- hardware:motherboards:pc164 [2026/09/25 18:48] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ^ Form factor | ATX |
 ^ Onboard I/O | CMD646 IDE, floppy, 2 serial, parallel, keyboard, mouse |
-^ Firmware | ARC or SRM (last V5.6), MILO |
+^ Firmware | ARC or SRM (last V5.5-1), MILO |
 ^ Kernel option | ''CONFIG_ALPHA_PC164'' |
 ^ Linux | Supported |
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   * Only one console fits in the flash ROM at a time. With SRM in flash, the ARC firmware can be loaded from a FAT floppy using the ''arc'' command. [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/1996-December.mbox#L18647|"RE: Dual booting PC164"]], Jay Estabrook, axp-list, 12 Dec 1996)]
   * Firmware is updated with ''fwupdate.exe'' from a floppy. If the update fails from the console, the fail-safe loader can be used with the firmware image and update utility on a DOS floppy. [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/1999-October.mbox#L7071|"Re: How to flash MILO? ( Not a faq )"]], Peter Rival, axp-list, 6 Oct 1999)] [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/1999-December.mbox#L17772|"Re: Weirdness with AlphaPC 164: installing SRM firmware, etc."]], Jim Barriault, axp-list, 9 Dec 1999)]
-  * AlphaPC 164 firmware development stopped before that of the 164LX and 164SX. [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/2000-November.mbox#L22964|"Re: volatile SRM variables"]], Jay Estabrook, axp-list, 12 Nov 2000)] The last SRM release is V5.6. [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/debian-alpha-mbox/2003-January.mbox#L13722|"Re: EB164 SRM Problems"]], Stefan Schroepfer, debian-alpha, 29 Jan 2003)] [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/2004-October.mbox#L5523|"KZPEA bios?"]], Jay Estabrook, axp-list, 27 Oct 2004)] The ''SMMTABLE.TXT'' file on the V7.3 firmware CD lists SRM 5.5 as the last version for the board but names no update file for it (the entry is ''[ARCHIVE]NOFILE.EXE''). [(>''SMMTABLE.TXT'', Alpha Systems Firmware Update CD V7.3, 14 Mar 2007)]
+  * AlphaPC 164 firmware development stopped before that of the 164LX and 164SX. [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/2000-November.mbox#L22964|"Re: volatile SRM variables"]], Jay Estabrook, axp-list, 12 Nov 2000)] The last SRM release is V5.5-1, built on 14 July 1999. [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/2004-April.mbox#L872|"seeking SRM device support info..."]], Jay Estabrook, axp-list, 2 Apr 2004)] [(>Console build stamp in ''pc164srm.rom'', ''ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/archive/alphapc164/'')] Digital's firmware archive page for the board says "Firmware V5.6 was the last release for this system" and links the V5.6 firmware update procedures of December 1999, but the SRM image it offers is V5.5-1. [(>''alphapc164.html'', ''ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/archive/'')] The ''SMMTABLE.TXT'' file on the V7.3 firmware CD lists SRM 5.5 as the last version for the board but names no update file for it (the entry is ''[ARCHIVE]NOFILE.EXE''). [(>''SMMTABLE.TXT'', Alpha Systems Firmware Update CD V7.3, 14 Mar 2007)]
   * The SRM console only probes the primary IDE channel, so devices on the secondary channel cannot be booted from SRM (Linux can use them). [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/2004-April.mbox#L1773|"Second IDE port not working on PC164"]], Jay Estabrook, axp-list, 5 Apr 2004)]
   * SRM cannot boot from Adaptec 2940UW or 39160, Symbios 53C895, or Mylex DAC1164P controllers. The KZPCM (IntraServer 4280UE-4, with two NCR 53C875 channels) works for both disk and network booting. [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/2004-October.mbox#L5523|"KZPEA bios?"]], Jay Estabrook, axp-list, 27 Oct 2004)] Network booting from SRM works with Digital Ethernet cards such as the DE435, DE450, and DE500. [(>[[https://github.com/alphalinux/mailing-list-archives/blob/main/axp-list-mbox/1997-September.mbox#L3717|"Re: What SCSI adapters are supported by the PC164 SRM?"]], Jay Estabrook, axp-list, 5 Sep 1997)]