An LC or an LCII makes a great little headless server. To get around the need for a monitor to boot, I made a small "flat-bottomed U-shaped" jumper out of a paperclip, just large enough to short pins #7 and #10 on the monitor connector. That makes it think a 640x480 display is attached.
I don't know how ASCII-art will look on your system but it sorta looks like this: |___| Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.S. Garrison" > I have an army of those beasts. As I remember, and my memory sucks, it will > refuse to boot headless, unless you screw some kind of monitor connector > into it's port. > > Otherwise, why-the-heck-not?! That LC II would make a dandy print or file > server. > > Jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:" Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com