On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Prophete J. Charles wrote:
> I just inherited an AlphaStation 400 4/233 but the
> machine was left bare except for the mainboard and cpu
> board. I eventually want to get RedHat up and running on
> the system but I would like to check if the machine
> works first. What is the core hardware required to
> fire the machine up? Do I need a special video card
> and/or fixed frequency monitor? So far, I have tried
> a #9 Imagine 128 card and a NEC Multisync XV17+, but
> when I start the machine, I get a green screen and
> several of the LEDs on the board light up. Does
> anyone know what they mean? Any and all help will be
> greatly appreciated.
Well, you didn't specifically state it, so is there memory in the machine?
and if so what type?
The minimun should be Motherboard, CPU, memory. You might not even need
video as SRM will talk over the serial port if no VGA/Keyboard is found.
I'm not sure which firmware as AS400 uses (SRM or ARC). Anybody?
Rich Payne
rpayne@alphalinux.org www.alphalinux.org
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