on 11/2/00 9:55 PM, Michael Wolfson at mw@costello.cnf.cornell.edu wrote
something like:

> At 1:46 PM +1100 11/3/00, russell muetzeleldt wrote:
> 
> :)> ENVIRONMENT
> :)>  Open Firmware environment variables can be displayed with
> :)> printenv (no arguments) and set with setenv (same as under csh) from
> :)> the Open Firmware command line.  Booting MacOS resets them.
> :)                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> :)afaik this is only true on OldWorld machines
> 
> Well, it is true on OF 1.0.5 machines, and I have a report that only
> real-base is reset to default on OF 2.0.x.
> 
> Anyone else with an OF 2.x machine want to comment?

    My Beige G3 also resets real-base to -1 (the default) upon booting
MacOS. OFW v2.0f1 First it spews forth "Reseting configuration to boot
MacOS" or some such and then quickly drops out of OFW (quiesce?).


    Chris