Claim support / explain white-box Alphas.

Obtained from: drew

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT
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+++ b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT
@@ -50,8 +50,20 @@ OpenBSD, Tru64 Unix or OpenVMS for that matter). With the demise of
 WindowsNT/alpha a lot of former NT boxes are sold on the second hand
 market. They have little or no trade-in value when they are NT-only from the
 console perspective. So, be suspicious if the price appears too good.
-Known non-SRM machines are the Digital XL266/XLT300, the Samsung PC164UX
-and 164BX.
+Known non-SRM machines are:
+	Digital XL series
+	Digital XLT series
+	Samsung PC164UX
+	Samsung 164B
+
+To complicate things a bit further: Digital used to have so called
+'white-box' Alpha machines destined as NT-only and 'blue-box' Alpha machines
+destined for OpenVMS and Digital Unix. These names are based on the color
+of the cabinets, 'frostwhite' and 'topgunblue' respectively.
+Although you could put the SRM console on the whitebox, OpenVMS and Digital
+Unix will refuse to boot on them. FreeBSD in post-4.0R will run on both the
+white and the blue-box variants. Before someone asks: the white ones had a
+rather different pricetag.
 
 As part of the SRM you will get the so called OSF/1 PAL code (OSF/1 being the
 initial name of DECs Unix offering on Alpha). The PAL code can be thought