My Reply follows quote. On 19/09/2003 21:39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Open firmware is present on all macs regardless of what's installed. Its >kind of like a BIOS found on pc machines, as it checks your ram and where to >boot the OS from and stuff like that. Usually you don't see it, but to put >BSD (or any other form of UNIX) on there you have to play around with it. > >To get rid of it, just zap the PRAM and you'll never see it again. > > > >> Picked up a 6500/225 today. On boot, it displays a black and white screen >> that reminds me of a DOS boot. >> >> It says: >> >> Open Firmware 2.0.3 ----------- Hmmm. I have a rather large accumulation of Macs (must be nearly 100, from the 128 to G3 Powerbooks) and have never run into one with "access" to the Open Firmware at boot. A prior owner must have been mucking about with the thing. Is there some utility that causes the odd boot screen?
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