This directory contains the files necessary to install Windows NT
on an AlphaPC 164 system.  To update the firmware on an AlphaPC 164, use
the provided fwupdate.exe by choosing "Install new firmware" from the
firmware's Supplementary Menu.

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 New features
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4.49-9 - Reset to factory defaults now sets up for a default 4.0 
         configuration with system partition on partition 2 and 
         os on partition 1
       - Disk Partitioner
         - Zero entire final sector of FAT
         - Zero invalid partition sector before initializing
4.49-8 - Enable burst mode in the floppy disk controller
       - Disabled onboard serial ports if another serial port is found
         at the same I/O port address
       - New 4th screen in Display hardware configuration... to display
         configuration state of onboard devices
4.49-7 - Disk partitioner properly aborts formatting of 4GB+ partitions
       - Several disk partitioner problems with logical partitions fixed
       - Removed latent NTFS support
4.49-6 - Disk partitioner problem with large drives fixed
4.49-5 - Serial mouse support added to firmware
4.48   - Disk Partitioner 
           Supplementary Menu...
               \->Setup the System...
                   \->Machine Specific Setup...
                       \->Partition Disks...
    The disk partitioner can create and format partitions on disks
    connected to firmware supported disk controllers.

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 ATAPI CD-ROM
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If you are installing from an ATAPI (IDE) CD-ROM Drive, when prompted for
your mass storage devices:
    - choose 'S' to configure additional mass storage devices
    - insert this floppy and choose 'Other'
    - choose 'CMD CSA-646 IDE Driver'
Note that in the firmware, IDE drives are listed as scsi devices.

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 Supported boot devices
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With the firmware on this diskette, Windows NT can be booted from an IDE
disk or a disk connected to an Adaptec AHA-154x, Adaptec AHA-294x/394x,
NCR 8xx, or QLogic ISP1020 SCSI controller.  Windows NT can be installed
from IDE, NCR 8xx, or QLogic ISP1020, but can not be installed from an
AHA-15x. Windows NT 4.00 can also be installed from an Adaptec AHA-294x
or AHA-394x. 

Once Windows NT is running, any SCSI controller on the HCL can be used for 
non-boot disks.
