ALPHAPATCH, MISCELLANEOUS, Making VAX PATCH run on Alpha Copyright ©1999, TECSys Development, Inc. Have you ever been puzzled by the absence of PATCH/ABSOLUTE on the alpha? Since we don't actually have a 'patch' for alpha, the next best thing would be to VEST vax patch to the alpha. Unfortunately, this is not exactly as easy as it sounds. This article shows how to make it happen....