Talking bios

[Janina Sajka]

There are two apps for bios access on the Alpha:

Milo is a menued interface which I didn't find to be at all accessible.

SRM is straight 9600 8bn1 serial command line driven. Very arcane
commands, but very accessible once you learn the commands.

And, almost the coolest part is how you activate serial communications
-- just unplug any video monitor in the VGA port and plug something into
the first serial port. Bingo, you're up at the SRM's >>> prompt.

Downside is that, if you're on a BNS kind of device, you have to be
careful what file you're in! <grin> I've trashed a few files because I
wasn't careful.

Alex Snow writes:
> From: Alex Snow <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> 
> you have a dec alpha? sweet!
> I'm thinking of grabbing one of those off of ebay or something. they 
> seem like cool machines from what I've heard. and the bios is 
> accessible?