On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:13:28AM +0200, Vinai Kopp wrote: > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 02:32:40PM -0700, Brad Boyer wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:05:11PM +0200, Vinai Kopp wrote: > > > The next thing is rescuing the box. > > > According to http://penguinppc.org/projects/quik/quirks.shtml > > > the "output-device defaults to ttya" on 9600 macs. Hm, how can I make > > > that output visible? Any other pointers or ideas what to do? > > > > You have two choices here. You can use a serial terminal to access > > to OF interface, or you can change the settings from the MacOS. I > > generally use an old Mac SE/30 running ZTerm as a serial terminal > > when I need such things. Any old Mac or PC with the proper serial > > cable will work. For a Mac, a standard Mac serial printer cable > > works fine. For a PC, you'll need a null modem cable with a PC > > style plug at one end and a Mac style plug at the other. The other > > alternative is to use the MacOS on your 9600 to change the OF > > settings. The Boot Variables program can change the NVRAM on > > all the older models. You can find a copy online. > > Thank you for the infos. I'll use the serial cable variant, because I > guess to use NVRAM I would first be able to boot into MacOS, witch I > completly removed during the woody install. > > I just got the adapter so now I have a cable to connect my PC style > serial port to the mac. I'll check it out tonight. >
On my 9500, OF talks to the serial port at 38400 baud, not 9600. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
