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Conference decwet::ntaxp

Title:	Windows NT For Alpha AXP

Moderator:	TARKIN::LINEIBER

Created:	Mon Sep 27 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1058
Total number of notes:	4567

1027.0. "AlphaServer 1000A 5/300 and NT 3.5 ?" by VAXRIO::PCSUP1::souza () Wed Apr 09 1997 08:52

Hi,

 It sounds like an weird question but here we go... A customer
just received an ALPHAserver 1000A 5/300 with NT 3.51 
pre-installed. He wants to install 3.5 and would like to know if 
it should work. If yes :
 . Do I have to downgrade the firmware ? I don't think so
   because as far as I know it has backward compatibility. 
 . Is there any HAL for 3.5 avaiable for ALPHASERVER 1000A 5/300
   and do  I have to use it ?

Thank's to any help,
Luiz.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1027.1		AXEL::FOLEY	http://axel.zko.dec.com	`Wed Apr 09 1997 12:21`	11
	You might want to check further, but I'd question the support of NT 3.51 on an even a AlphaServer 1000 4/xxx. I can't recall ever seeing it on one of those. As for the 5/300, I'd seriously doubt it is supported on that platform. NT 3.51 fixed ALOT of flakieness with 3.5. Is there THAT burning a desire to run 3.5? Double-check in the WRKSYS::MIKASA notesfile. mike
1027.2	Why 3.5..	VAXRIO::PCSUP1::souza		`Wed Apr 09 1997 15:05`	8
	Thank's for answering Mike. The customer has many ALPHAS running 3.5 and as strange as it may seem his environment is stable. So he would like to keep his new machine in 3.5 until he can upgrade them all to 4.0. Beside that he has a CDDI board that was a pain in the neck to became stable. I'll check the mikasa's conference..
1027.3		AXEL::FOLEY	http://axel.zko.dec.com	`Wed Apr 09 1997 17:59`	10
	RE: .2 Sorry in .1, I meant to say: "I'd question the support of NT 3.5 on an even a AlphaServer 1000 4/xxx. 3.51 will work on a 4/xxx. mike
1027.4		DECWET::LEESC		`Tue Apr 15 1997 12:48`	5
	NT V3.5 was never tested on the AlphaServer 1000A 5/xxx and is not supported. The minimum supported version is NT V3.51. Scott