Thanks for responding.

"Henry B. Hotz" wrote:
> 
> 
> First of all do you have the video patch for OF installed?  
Yes, I downloaded the patch for System Disk.  I tried with and without
the video patch.
I also tried with nvram turned off.

> OK, you
> tried SystemDisk.  Have you tried stripping the patches to just that
> one?  (In OF nvedit gets you a one-line emacs editor; ^c to quit and
> nvsave or nvstore to save the edit buffer back to nvramrc.)

No, I have not.  I will try it.  However, I get the same result with or
without the video patch.

> 
> This version of OF only supports the original Mac output resolution
> so it initializes to 640 by 480 at 66 Hz, and that's all you can get.
> This corresponds to the resolution/timing of the original Toby card
> introduced with the MacII, and is not compatible with cheaper PC
> monitors.
> 
> >I am using Apple's 1710 monitor, which was purchased with the 7500.
> >128 MByte of memory.  The Jaz drive is 1 GByte.  Except for the
> >monitor problem, NetBSD works just fine.  OF 1.0.5.
> 
> The 1710 should support that resolution.  Do you have the ADB plugged
> in through the monitor?  You could try unplugging the monitor ADB
> cord and plugging the kb/mouse in directly.  Then the monitor/CPU
> interface is a bit simpler and you have bypassed some potential
> problems.  Also are you using a monitor extension cable?  That's
> unlikely to be the issue, but still. . .

I do have the kbd plugged into the monitor.  I will try a direct
connection to the box.  However, I can input commands with the keyboard
(kbd) with no trouble.  I can input through kbd and read output on the
terminal through ttya.

> 
> > Incidently, I tried setting wscons and /etc/ttys.  No luck.  I did
> >not try turning on the console in /etc/ttys or /etc/wscons.conf,
> >though.
> 
> None of this should matter.  Just see if you can get it working with
> OF.  NetBSD just inherits the video configuration AFAIK.

I seem to recall booting into OF once and getting a display some few
years ago.  
I wonder if there is some obscure setting.

Thanks a bunch.

Jim Nelson