Updated Jensen section (by Martin). Updated graphics card section to be more explicit about TGA (thanks to Jay).
Status update on ELF. Update on XL Turbo. Added pointer to DEC semiconductor on-line library. Added Motif info.
Added section on common porting problems (thanks to Jay Estabrook for the nifty title!). More pointers to online docs. Qlogic ISP1020 driver works fine now (requires kernel 2.0.1 or newer). BusLogic SCSI cards, reportedly work, too.
Updated XL section with info by Jay Estabrook (all errors are mine).
Jensen section rewritten (and now maintained) by Martin. Added DEC Australia contact. Added Aspen Timberline as an alias for eb164. The isp1020 SCSI driver has been reported to work with Linux/Alpha.
Added UK reseller. Added info on Crafwork Linux. Updated price for Kentics boards (it's cheaper now). Various other minor fixes and updates.
Explain unaligned access faults in "Known Bugs and Workarounds" section. Updated pricing and availability of PCI 64/164 boards. Added section on on-line documentation.
Lots of UDB info is available at the UDB InfoCenter , so all UDB links now point to that URL. Updated section on supported drivers (de500 Fast Ethernet card works as well). Added info on Japanese Linux/Alpha mailing list and ftp site. Updated section on German Alpha resellers.
Updated "International Technology Sales" info and recommendation to avoid BLADE (thanks, Jon!). Removed section listing CD-ROM vendors---there are just too many of them to keep up with this FAQ.
Added to "Known Bugs and Workarounds" section.
Workaround for IDE interrupt-loosing problem added. IBM tokenring driver added to list of working drivers.
Rewrote motherboard section, added Alpha PCI info. Added one or two vendors.
Expanded Platform 2000 info .
Various updates to the list of French resellers. Added Swiss reseller. Added section with CD-ROM resellers. Updated performance section for Noname based on data received from Francois Potard. Section on Noname boards now contains the caveat that ARC can't boot in 8MB.
The X11 TGA server is now available as a Beta version! See Section What State Is Linux/Alpha In . Added info on Kenetics Technology board.
Linux now runs on the Alpha XL and EB164! Support for IDE CD-ROMs (ATAPI) has been added. SRM section is now a separate HOWTO. Most sections got revised.
Updated aboot
documentation to reflect version 0.3.
Added Austrian Alpha vendor. Updated list of known bugs and workarounds (fully compliant IEEE math is now possible if one desires so).
ewrk3 Ethernet driver added to the list of working drivers.
Updated US vendor section (contributed by Maddog).
Various minor updates throughout the document.
aboot-0.2
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