Subject: Re: Remote control (was Re: partition limit?)
To: Eric Damien Berna <eric@thiel.com>
From: Dr. Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/11/1998 12:48:57
On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Eric Damien Berna wrote:

> By remote control I meant over my local area network, not over serial
> console. I can't use the serial console on the Quadra 950 for the same
> reason I can't use ADB and work directly on the computer. The Quadra 950
> has a special I/O processor that controls the ADB and serial ports. Since
> Apple hasn't released the information on how these work, the code to make
> them work under NetBSD doesn't exist.

I _thought_ that they worked if you set the Serial control panel to
"compatable" mode or something like that and left it enabled for the MacOS
boot before starting NetBSD.

Maybe I'm mis-remembering. :-(

Take care,

Bill