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Alpha srm console firmware, 1 alpha srm console firmware conventions, Alpha srm console firmware conventions – Compaq AlphaPC 164LX User Manual

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Alpha SRM Console Firmware

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Alpha SRM Console Firmware

The Alpha SRM Console firmware initializes the system and enables you to install
and boot the Tru64 UNIX operating system. This firmware resides in the flash ROM
on the AlphaPC 164LX motherboard.

7.1 Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions

The following conventions are used in this section:

Convention

Description

>>>

Alpha SRM Console prompt.

Backslash (\) at the end of a line

Continuation symbol to continue long commands
on the next line.

_>

Continuation line prompt.

Maximum command length

255 characters.

Multiple contiguous spaces or tabs Treated as a single space.

Command abbreviations

Allowed, if not ambiguous.

Command qualifiers or options

Prefix with a space and a dash (-).

Numbers

Hexadecimal, unless otherwise specified.
(Registers, such as R0–R31, are shown in
decimal notation.)