At 00:29 -0800 12/05/2002, Bolton Peck wrote: >Also, and slightly more on topic, I'd like to get into the openfirmware >on my J700 so I can try and get MorphOS to boot on it. How do I do >that? When I hold down the option-apple-o-f keys, I just get a black >screen with no bongs. Do I need the TT128 in there versus my Matrox >card or am I doing something else wrong? > >As always this group is a bit of sanity in an insane world :-)
The default output device for Open Firmware 1.05 is the serial port. So when you boot into OF your J700 is trying to display it's screen by sending the data out the modem port. You can either connect another Mac to your modem port using a null-modem cable and running a terminal window such as Z-term or there is a utility somewhere which will let you reset the NVRAM parameter which controls the OF output device. Unfortunately, I don't remember what that utility is called. I suspect Will S. may chime in with the name of it though, but I'm guessing. I think there may be instructions about this somewhere on the BSD pages as well, so you may wish to do a Google search on BSD Unix and Macintosh and see what you turn up. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
