Subject: Re: Nubus-only video on a IIci - not possible?
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@canolog.ninthwonder.com>
From: Adrian Rollett <acrollet+@andrew.cmu.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/24/1998 11:48:28
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Allen Briggs wrote:

* > Since the internal video of the IIci shares memory with the rest of the
* > machine, if you turn off internal video or fail to hook up a monitor to
* > the monitor port the memory map chnages enough to confuse NetBSD.
* 
* Actually, for the IIci, it should work (unless it's been broken), but
* only if you have more than 1MB in bank A.  The IIsi can't work (without
* fixing the kernel bootstrap) because it has 1MB soldered into bank A.
* 
* Am I mistaken?
* 


I don't believe so, my IIci boots just fine without a monitor attached,
but yes, there are 16 megs of RAM in bank A...

cheers,

adrian