On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Geoffrey C Kinnel wrote:

> We need to figure out how to get you into Open Firmware. Usually
> doing cmd-opt-O-F at startup (before the chime stops) will work.
> On some models you will see text appear on your screen, but on
> others, this will appear to do nothing. Actually, it's looking at
> the input-device for input and sending output to the
> output-device specified in OF. These are usually the modem port. 
> 
> The modem port?

Definitly true for OF 1.0.X. They always thought that only Apple folks
doing two-machine debugging would use OF. I thought on my Beige G3 the
default was the keyboard, so all I had to do was just hit Cmd-Opt-O-F. On
my Bleu G3, "screen" and "keyboard" are the defaults. 

> Yes. The default input-device and output-device is ttya, with is
> the first serial port, or modem port. So if you have another
> computer, you can hook up a serial cable from the modem port of
> the NetBSD mac and connect it to the serial port of the other
> computer. Start up the other computer and open a communication
> program, and set it to N-8-1 at 38400 baud. Then boot the netbsd
> computer using the cmd-opt-O-F. You should see output in the
> comms program. This is open firmware.

:-)

Take care,

Bill