At 10:08 PM +0100 3/8/01, bruno.barwise@worldonline.fr wrote:
>Yet I have encountered a problem with the first step of the 
>installation process.  The SystemDisk utility (version 2.3.1) will 
>not let me change any of it's input and output settings.  The 
>defaults are kbd for input and /chaos/control for output.

This is wrong, as you figured out.

>I have read in your various FAQs and text help files that the 9600's 
>output should be set to bandit@F4000000/IMS,tt128mbA@F.  Yet 
>whenever I enter any new setting into System Disk, it automatically 
>reverts to it's defaults.  Hence when I restart the computer and 
>attempt to access Open Firmware (with alt-command-O-F or with the 
>System Disk check box), I get a black screen.

It shouldn't revert to defaults, it should save what you enter.  Make 
sure you are doing a save, not a save to file command.  The latter 
just saves a settings file to the hard disk and does nothing to OF.

>The computer seems to start fine, but there is no way of knowing 
>with a black screen.  Is this due to the PCI graphics card (shipped 
>default with 9600's)?  Could it be my AppleVision 17 inch screen?

Actually there was a person with a 1710 monitor who could not seem to 
get a good display from OF.  It worked fine at the same resolution 
from MacOS, but OF wouldn't sync up.  Very strange.


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