Subject: Re: Beige G3 OFW ROM Update
To: Chris Tribo <t1345@hopi.dtcc.edu>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/02/2000 17:57:32
At 7:12 PM -0400 10/2/00, Chris Tribo wrote:
>"Henry B. Hotz" wrote:
><snip>
> > So you are saying the upgrade did not change anything?
>
>	It fixed netbooting (as I mentioned, though it wasn't really
>"broken" persay, if you don't mind waiting 15 minutes for it to load
>the 56k ofwboot.xcf while tftp_timeout fills your screen). It now auto-
>matically figures out which graphics device to use (you use to have to
>enter it with bootvars/SystemDisk if you have an add in card). It fixed
>master/slave IDE in MacOS, though I have not yet been able to initialize
>with Drive Setup, FWB HDT works. Everything save FWB HDT was mentioned
>in my email. There was also a note in OWC's web site that it fixed a
>few things pertaining to CPU ZIF upgrades, though I can't comment on
>that since I don't have one. Do you consider all that not changing
>anything or am I reading incorrectly?

No.  :->

Since the OF version number didn't change I was interpreting all the 
features as the original set of problems.  Probably just me.


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