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Alpha SRM Console Firmware

The Alpha SRM Console firmware initializes the system and enables you to install and boot the DIGITAL UNIX operating system. This firmware resides in the flash ROM on the AlphaPC 164SX motherboard.

7.1 Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions

The following conventions are used in this section:

Convention

Description

>>>

Alpha SRM Console prompt.

Backslash (\) at the end of a line

Continuation symbol to continue long commands

 

on the next line.

_>

Continuation line prompt.

Maximum command length

255 characters.

Multiple contiguous spaces or tabs

Treated as a single space.

Command abbreviations

Allowed, if not ambiguous.

Command qualifiers or options

Prefix with a space and a dash (-).

Numbers

Hexadecimal, unless otherwise specified.

 

(Registers, such as R0–R31, are shown in

 

decimal notation.)

 

 

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Compaq 164SX user manual Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions, Following conventions are used in this section