Subject: Re: Open-firmware access key on a PowerMac 7220 ??
To: Chris Tribo <ctribo@dtcc.edu>
From: Riccardo Mottola <rollei@tiscalinet.it>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/27/2005 10:16:42
Chris Tribo wrote:
> 
> That won't work, sending a break might do the trick if OF is set to look
> at the serial ports. Command-option-o-f only works from a directly
> attached keyboard, and only if the OF output device is not the serial
> ports.

this is not what I recollect. I don't have my 4400 here (which, IIRC,
defautled to keyboard and video with OF 2). On my 8200 and 9500
cmd-opt-O-F brings you always to the open firmware, also if the console
is on serial (which is the default, btw). You just get a black video :)

_R