On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> > BTW I have another question.  To boot 'headless' requires shorting out
> > pins 4 and 11 in the monitor port....but will a monitor still work after I
> > short them out if I need to use one at some point?
> 
> ?? Yes. All that shorting does is fake the computer into thinking there's
> a certain type of monitor connected. If you later connect that type of
> monitor, all is well. It's not good if you try to attach a different
> type of monitor. :-(
> 
The problem here is, what kind of monitor does it think?  I have a NEC VGA
connected to a VGA-Mac adapter....will this work?  And All I have to do to
short it out is to stick a paperclip into those two holes and turn the
machine on, right?


> Take care,
> 
> Bill
> 
You too,, Bill.

Dan Jacobowitz