Daniel Eggert wrote:

> It resets back to ttya. Makes you wonder. You could set up your
> output-device and input-device in nvram, but i can't remember how that
> works...
it does so even if the env variable is set correctly probably because of
a video card problem.

I have a memory-expanded Mach64 card from ATI in that 9600 (strange, I
thought they all had IMS cards). I swapped in the apparently identical
card that I have in my 9500 for a test... and it works! No chaneg at
all, OF boots into video.
The two cards appear to be identical, with slight revision differences.

The problematic card reports

APPLE MACH64
113-32900-101
(C) 1995


Someone else ever experienced those problems? Maybe the firmware can be
upgraded? I can't share one card among two computers :)
I have a Radius card (identified by OF as "batman") but I couldn't get
OF to display some output there.

> There is a known problem with the built-in ethernet (mace) of the
> 8x00-9x00 systems. Use a know-good PCI ethernet adapter.  I have some
> cheap NetGear cards working well here.
That's stupid :)

Can I use a PC card for tests? Like a standard realtek or such? Or are
there BIOS problems like VideoCards have?
 
> Maybe try a different card? I've run 1.6 on several 9600 / 9500 / 8500
> machines. No problems with ethernet.
I have a Farallon branded card with a digital chip.

I tried that one, but it doesn't help at all. I'll post a separate mail
with those problems.

-Riccardo