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Document AlphaPC64 and restructure section on EB64-family.

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</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Evaluation Board 64plus (<quote>EB64+</quote>), Aspen
Alpine</title>
<title>Evaluation Board 64 family</title>
<para>In its attempts to popularize the Alpha CPU DEC produced a number
of so called Evaluation Boards. The EB64+ family of evaluation
boards has the following feature set:</para>
of so called Evaluation Boards. Members of this family are EB64, EB64+,
AlphaPC64 (codename <quote>Cabriolet</quote>).
A non-DEC member of this family is the Aspen Alpine.
The EB64 family of evaluation boards has the following
feature set:</para>
<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@ -1193,7 +1195,7 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Bcache / L2 cache: 512 kByte, 1 Mbyte or 2 Mbytes</para>
<para>Bcache / L2 cache: 0, 512 kByte, 1 Mbyte or 2 Mbytes</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>21072 (<quote>APECS</quote>) chip set</para>
@ -1206,13 +1208,19 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting>
<para>dual 16550A serial ports</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Symbios 53C810 Fast-SCSI</para>
<para>parallel printer port</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>embedded 10 Mbit Ethernet</para>
<para>Symbios 53C810 Fast-SCSI (not on AlphaPC64)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>2 PCI slots</para>
<para>IDE interface (only on AlphaPC64)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>embedded 10 Mbit Ethernet (not on AlphaPC64)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>2 PCI slots (4 slots on AlphaPC64)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>3 ISA slots</para>
@ -1228,7 +1236,7 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting>
<para>36 bits SIMMs work fine, 3 bits simply remain unused. Note
the systems use Fast Page Mode memory, not EDO memory.</para>
<para>The SRM console code is housed in an UV-erasable EPROM. No
<para>The EB64+ SRM console code is housed in an UV-erasable EPROM. No
easy flash SRM upgrades for the EB64+ The latest SRM version available
for EB64+ is quite ancient anyway.</para>
@ -1244,7 +1252,16 @@ cpu EV4</programlisting>
All of this might mean that you need to use a non-Qlogic adapter to
boot from.</para>
<para>For the EB64+ class machines the kernel config file must contain:</para>
<para>AlphaPC64 boards generally come with ARC console firmware.
SRM console code can be loaded from floppy into the Flash ROM.</para>
<para>The IDE interface of the AlphaPC64 is not bootable from the
SRM console.</para>
<para>Note that the boards require a power supply that supplies
3.3 Volts for the CPU.</para>
<para>For the EB64 family machines the kernel config file must contain:</para>
<programlisting>options DEC_EB64PLUS
cpu EV4</programlisting>
@ -1720,7 +1737,7 @@ cpu EV5</programlisting>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>AS800: Uses 60ns 3.3Volts EDO DIMMs</para>
<para>AS800: Uses 60ns 3.3 Volts EDO DIMMs</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>