At 4:08 PM +1200 4/21/02, you wrote:

:)and lo, behold, after setting the nv ram patches in place, and changing
:)the output device to /bandit/ATY,264GT-B and input-device to kbd, the
:)familiar black-on-white OF screen came up!

Most excellent.

:)I've yet to try setting up netbsd, however I imagine it should go
:)smoothly now.

Let us know how it goes.  Remember that some models have problems loading
the NetBSD kernel if the built-in video is enabled.

:)Just thought you might like to add this information to the
:)http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/models.html model support page for
:)other people in the same predicament.

Will do.  Thanks for the info.

  -- MW