Subject: Re: Re[2]: Booting my IIsi bomb seriously
To: The Great Mr. Kurtz <davagatw@mars.utm.edu>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@pgoyette.bdt.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/17/1996 18:58:03
> Also worth noting (I'm really confused as to who has which system now), 
> only some systems will even boot in color.  The IIsi is one of the few, 
> as I understand it.  Based on a previous post, however, X-Windows won't 
> run except in b/w (crashes) even on the IIsi.  The IIci won't even boot.  
> Don't know about other systems.  If anybody has any info on this, send it 
> in here.  I think several ppl would be interested -- esp. ppl who are 
> trying to get color X working.  That'd be a good list to put in an FAQ list 
> somewhere, too.

My IIci will boot up just fine with colors set to 16 (4-bit depth).  But 
you're abosolutely right that it won't run X (or even dt) in anything but 
one-bit (B&W).  As I recall, there was an Apple-script somewhere (maybe 
on puma?) that automatically put the Mac into B&W before running the booter.