On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Allen Briggs wrote:

> > A lot of information, like the memory mapping and configuration, video
> > mode(s) and frame buffer addreses, etc.  Stuff that we can't really get
> > any other (reasonable) way given the dearth of documentation that Apple
> > makes available.
> 
> That said, it's certainly possible to write boot blocks and boot without
> any interference from the MacOS.  If I'm not mistaken, Linux is doing
> this.  It's never been considered a priority for NetBSD...  I believe
> there was someone working on it, though.  I forget who it was.

Probably the best thing to do would be to boot once using MacOS, save all
the settings, and the direct boot.

The problem would be that we have to be able to initialize all the
hardware enough for the settings collected previously to work.

Take care,

Bill