Subject: Re: Madhatter & Q900
To: Tommy Tarka <tommy@clockwork.dementia.org>
From: Rolf Braun <rbraun@geocities.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/21/1997 20:36:01
>On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Rolf Braun wrote:
>
>> >Well, I just tried Madhatter #39 on my Quadra 900 and it got farther than
>> >it has in the past.
>> >
>> >What I'm using:  4/08/97 -current base and etc
>> >		 Madhatter#39, downloaded today
>> >
>> >What Happens:
>> >
>> >	gets as far as:
>> >		boot device: sd0
>> >		root on sd0a swap on sd0b
>> >
>> >then it hangs.  I haven't tried a serial console yet....although that's a
>> >project for next week.
>> >
>> >
>> >Is this enough information?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >	Tom
>>
>> Ummm, doesn't the Q900 have the IOPs (input output processors, like the
>> IIfx and Q950) which Apple so nicely failed to document?
>>
>
>why yes it does.  However, I had heard that the q900 worked with serial
>console, at the very least, and I just tried that about 10 minutes ago, to
>no avail....
>

Unfortunately, the IOP controls the serial ports as well as ADB.

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