On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Michael Wolfson wrote:

> At 4:24 PM -0800 11/3/00, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 
> :)Check the linux OF info pages - there are OF patches you can add which
> :)will make OF get the video right on these machines. Then you can have a
> :)bigger screen.
> :)
> :)Booting into MacOS you can change the default size, which will stick with
> :)those OF patches.
> 
> Not on a /chaos/control device (the 7300 thru 8600 models).
> 
> As to third-party cards, ATI, ixMicro, and Matrox all have models that
> work.  Just look for any PCI video card that supports MacOS.  They all have
> Open Firmware drivers, which means that once you:
> setenv output-device /path/to/card
> you will be able to use that video card.

Are you sure? I seem to remember my 8500 coming up in more than 640x480
after messing with it. It took both adding OF patches to get
/chaos/control working (it wasn't pausing enough at boot to work
right) and setting the video mode in OF. Yes, it was in 640x480 for most
of the time, but I thought I eventually got better than 640x480??

Take care,

Bill