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Re: Firmware CD for AS1200

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by: Steven Schweda - Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:47 UTC

> [...] an older firmware cd iso for the latest version of F/W for the
> Alphaserver 1200 [...]

Which matters more, "older" or "latest"? "firmware cd iso" or "F/W
for the Alphaserver 1200"?

My quick Web search found this:

https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/as1200.html

which included this:

https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/

It looked to me like a faithful reconstruction.

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by: Simon Clubley - Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:29 UTC

On 2023-07-31, Steven Schweda <sms.antinode@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [...] an older firmware cd iso for the latest version of F/W for the
>> Alphaserver 1200 [...]
>
> Which matters more, "older" or "latest"? "firmware cd iso" or "F/W
> for the Alphaserver 1200"?
>
> My quick Web search found this:
>
> https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/as1200.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/as1200.html
>
> which included this:
>
> https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/
>
> It looked to me like a faithful reconstruction.

I found this on archive.org, which says it's a collection of older
firmware CDs:

https://archive.org/details/alphafwupcds

No idea if the CDs are complete/usable/unaltered/etc, so be careful.

Be aware the overall archive appears to be a DVD-sized download.

Simon.

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computers / comp.os.vms / Re: Firmware CD for AS1200

Subject	Author
Re: Firmware CD for AS1200	Steven Schweda
Re: Firmware CD for AS1200	Simon Clubley