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Hello,

> I've recently come into posession of a 7300 performa and naturally I
> want to put NetBSD on it. I have tried the system disk patch in order 
> to
> get open firmware syncing properly but instead of the prompt I just get
> a blank screen.
>
> I'm assuming that it would be a lot easier to just hook
> up a serial console, unfortunately I don't have a vt100 laying around
> anywhere! However, I do have various PCs running FreeBSD so correct me
> if I'm wrong but couldn't I just set one of these up to act as a serial
> console?

Sure, any computer with a suitable serial port ( needs to be capable to 
do 38400kBit/s because that's what OF defaults to ) running some kind 
of terminal emulation (minicom for instance) will do. You'll probably 
need an adaptor for the Mac's DIN-8 ports.

have fun
Michael
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