It appears that I was on the right track but was missing one minor 
detail.  Jim Palfreyman (jim_at_orac.ecc.tased.edu.au) pointed out the 
following:
        Remember also, that any running getty will use the old 
        entry in the gettydefs file. That is, either kill off
        all running getty's or reboot the system to see your changes.
This is the piece I was missing.  I'm fortunate enough to have another 
Alpha that we use for development purposes.  I made the change to its 
gettydefs file and rebooted and, voila, the message came up.  Thanks to 
everyone who responded.
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Don Newcomer                                                 Dickinson College
newcomer_at_dickinson.edu                                       P.O. Box 1773
newcomer_at_dickinsn.bitnet                                     Carlisle, PA  17013
                   "If God is your co-pilot, switch seats!"
Received on Tue Aug 01 1995 - 15:52:44 NZST