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and ZLXp is TGA-based and not currently suitable for console use.
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street will work in an Alpha machine. Things like S3 Trio64,
Mach64, and Matrox Millennium generally work. Old ET4000 based ISA
cards have also worked for me. But ask around first before buying.
Please note that TGA cards are not currently supported as &os; console
display cards.</para>
Please note that TGA-based cards are not currently supported as
&os; console display cards. Digital ZLXp-xx cards are often found
in Alpha machines and are TGA based. You will either have to use
a serial console or another display card.</para>
<para>Most PCI devices from the PC-world will also work in
&os; PCI-based machines. Check the
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<screen>&gt;&gt;&gt; <userinput>SET CONSOLE GRAPHICS</userinput></screen>
<para>at the serial console.</para>
<para>There have been reports that you sometimes need to press
<Control>-<Alt>-<Del> to capture the SRM's attention. I have
never seen this myself, but it is worth trying if you are greeted
by a blank screen after powerup.</para>
<para>Make sure you use true 36 bit SIMMs, and only FPM (Fast
Page Mode) DRAM. EDO DRAM or SIMMs with fake parity <emphasis>will not
work</emphasis>. The board uses the 4 extra bits for ECC. 33
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<para>This is not a &os; problem, it is a SRM problem. The best available
workaround to install &os; is to boot from a SCSI CDROM.</para>
<para>There have been reports that you sometimes need to press
<Control>-<Alt>-<Del> to capture the SRM's attention. I have
never seen this myself, but it is worth trying if you are greeted
by a blank screen after powerup.</para>
<para>Sound works fine using &man.pcm.4; driver and a line in the
kernel configuration file as follows for the Crystal CS4231
chip:</para>