On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Leandro Dutra wrote:
From: Mike Fedyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP)
Does that mean that the open specs from IBM have hardware
made from them, or is
this something else?
It was the set of standards created for
How I miss the mass-market CHRP boards IBM promised us!
IBM didn't want to produce the boards themself. They just provided a
reference
implementation. It's (a.o.?) Tatung and Umax that are to blame, for not
wanting
to produce those boards (they didn't believe in Linux) after Steve Jobs
From: Mike Fedyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP)
Does that mean that the open specs from IBM have hardware
made from them, or is
this something else?
It was the set of standards created for Power PC computers that
would be made by various
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Ethan Benson wrote:
Sucks even more to find there isn't an interrupt switch :(
i think there is, they are just sometimes hard to find. =20
I've pulled the machine completely to bits. There are only two switches on
the motherboard, and they're power and reset.
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 02:49:50PM +, Rob Andrews wrote:
It's an iBook.
cold boot it and immediatly start holding down the command and power
key, keep them down and see if you here a tone, keep them down long
enough and you should get into OF.
someone told me in private mail that recent
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Ethan Benson wrote:
cold boot it and immediatly start holding down the command and power
key, keep them down and see if you here a tone, keep them down long
enough and you should get into OF. =20
Okay, weird stuff happening.
In it's unassembled state (-HD,
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Ethan Benson wrote:
Aye, that's what I'd read. Thus bringing the sudden, painful realisation
to my head.
sucks doesn't it :(
Absolutely.
Sucks even more to find there isn't an interrupt switch :(
its not the reset switch, its usually next to it. the reset
On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 06:40:39PM +, Rob Andrews wrote:
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Ethan Benson wrote:
Aye, that's what I'd read. Thus bringing the sudden, painful realisation
to my head.
sucks doesn't it :(
Absolutely.
Sucks even more to find there isn't an interrupt
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 10:58:44AM +, Rob Andrews wrote:
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Ethan Benson wrote:
i hope your warrentee has not yet expired, because your bootrom has
probably been destroyed. see the netbsd FAQ:
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#ofw-bugs
Aye,
Rob == Rob Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Rob Whilst trying to get netbsd booting (was aiming to see about hardware
Rob support), I entered setenv real-base 60 followed by reset-all into
Rob my open firmware 3 iBook. I was under the impression it was 2.4, judging
the
Rob version at the
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Leandro Dutra wrote:
Does anyone know a quick fix (opening the unit is not an
issue, I replaced
What about opening the machine, disconnecting the power cable from
the hard disk drive, booting from a diskette, and then shutting down the
machine? This
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Leandro Dutra wrote:
What about opening the machine, disconnecting the power
cable from
the hard disk drive, booting from a diskette, and then
shutting down the
machine? This should reset the Open
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Momchil Velikov wrote:
I had a similar problem with my 8500 when I installed NetBSD. Just
remove all power sources, remove battery and wait about 20-30
*minutes*. That should reset the nvram.
Thanks. It's currently sitting powerless now, I'll check it tomorrow
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Leandro Dutra wrote:
Maybe I'm naive, but why then your disk drive and CD would spin?
Aren't they spinned by OpenFirware, or just by having power applied to =
them?
AFAIK, they're only spinning up because they have power.
I wouldn't think you could alter
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Could very well be completely wrong, judging from what I read here:
http://bananajr6000.apple.com/1275/proposals/Closed/Withdrawn/
315-it.txt
Sorry, you outsmarted me now. Do you mean somewhere in this text
there's somehing I don't
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Leandro Dutra wrote:
Could very well be completely wrong, judging from what I read here:
http://bananajr6000.apple.com/1275/proposals/Closed/Withdrawn/
315-it.txt
Sorry, you outsmarted me now. Do you mean somewhere in this text
there's somehing I
Rob Andrews wrote:
In newsgate.debian.powerpc, Leandro Dutra wrote:
Maybe I'm naive, but why then your disk drive and CD would spin?
Aren't they spinned by OpenFirware, or just by having power applied to =
them?
AFAIK, they're only spinning up because they have power.
I
real-base is almost certainly the starting address for real memory, or physical
memory for hardware types ~:^) I don't know what possesed you to try and
change this, but you told it that memory starts somewhere other than where it
starts, which means just about nothing will work.
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