> for the heck of it, i just plugged in a Sigma designs specialized video
> card into the nubus slot (for which i have no monitor for), and the MacOS
> "hears" to be booting up, but there is some kind of problem when running
> into NetBSD cause the network interface doesn't come up. maybe i'll see if
> booting into serial console does the trick, but i'd rather not use this
> video card if i don't have to...:\

gotta love useless nubus video cards! the machine booted fine without any
ADB devices, serial console (connected to nothing), and this potentially
useless nubus video card (for Sigma Designs L-View).

that teaches you people not to throw out broken hardware!! =)

it works now, thanks :)

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